MPIA Seeking to Honor Age-Friendly Business Partnerships
(ATLANTA - September 11, 2007) The Metropolitan Partnership in Aging (MPIA) is calling for nominations for the 10th annual Business and Aging Awards. The awards program recognizes companies and organizations that develop public-private partnerships or programs to improve the quality of life for older adults and are mutually beneficial to the business and its mission, to the aging network and to older adults and their families.
The Metropolitan Partnership in Aging is a consortium of 10 county-based aging programs and the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC), the Area Agency on Aging for the 10-county region.
Any corporation, business or company/organization in the 10-county Atlanta region is eligible to apply. The business may nominate itself or may be nominated by a partner in the Aging Network. Nominations will be judged based on the company’s commitment to older adults and their families, its ability to improve the quality of life or access to services for older adults, innovation and creativity, long-term, sustainable benefits to communities served and the ability to be replicated in other areas.
Previous winners have included WSB-TV, Channel 2, Georgia Power, Bob Adams Homes and Roy Wendt Homes, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Up the Creek Fish Camp and Grill, GeorgiaCares, Pfizer, Inc., CVS/pharmacy, Outback Steakhouse--Suwanee, Georgia Pharmacy Association, Delta Air Lines and the Ritz-Carlton Buckhead.
The deadline for submitting nominations is Thursday, September 27. Winners will be announced at MPIA Business & Aging Awards luncheon Wednesday, October 10 at the Loudermilk Center for the Regional Community. The application is available on the ARC Web site.
For more information, contact Maureen Kelly at 404.463.3222
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