Earth Day Canada Announces 2013 Hometown Heroes Award Winners

Hometown Heroes

The Hometown Heroes Award Program recognizes and celebrates environmental leaders who foster meaningful, long-term community awareness and action.

About the Hometown Heroes Award Program
The Hometown Heroes Award Program, established by Earth Day Canada (EDC) in 2004, recognizes and celebrates environmental leaders, groups and small businesses who foster meaningful, long-term community awareness and action. The program is made possible through a committed partnership with Mill Street Brewery and the RBC Foundation. Heroic candidates can win the Individual Hometown Heroes Award—a $10 000 cash-prize to donate to a local environmental group/cause of their choice; the Group Hometown Heroes Award—a $10 000 cash-prize to support their work or the Small Business Hometown Heroes Award—a $5 000 cash-prize that must be used by the business to make an operational change that results in the business lessening their environmental impact, and permission from EDC to use the award and the EDC logo for one year to help market and promote the business and/or an approved product. To date, EDC and its partners have recognized 106 Hometown Heroes across Canada.

About Earth Day Canada
Earth Day Canada (EDC), a national environmental charity founded in 1990, provides Canadians with the practical knowledge and tools they need to lessen their impact on the environment. In 2004 it was recognized as the top environmental education organization in North America, for its innovative year-round programs and educational resources, by the Washington-based North American Association for Environmental Education, the world’s largest association of environmental educators. In 2008 it was chosen as Canada’s “Outstanding Non-profit Organization” by the Canadian Network for Environmental Education and Communication. EDC regularly partners with thousands of organizations in all parts of Canada.

To donate to EDC, please visit earthday.ca/donate.

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