WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Scarborough Salomon Flynt Community Service Award Committee is accepting nominations for its seventh annual award. 

 

The Scarborough Salomon Flynt Award is a result of the merger of the Faith R. Scarborough Award and the Williamstown Community Chest Volunteer of the Year Award. 

 

The award honors Faith Scarborough, an active volunteer in the Visiting Nurses Association, St. John's Church, Williamstown Community Chest, League of Women Voters and as the first woman to chair the Board of Selectmen; Edith and Adolph Salomon, who came to Williamstown in 1939 after having fled Nazi Germany; and Hank and Mary Flynt, volunteers and champions of Williamstown.

 

The Scarborough Salomon Flynt Award recognizes a person's, persons' or civic group's demonstrated dedication, excellence and integrity to community service in order to make Williamstown a better place. Nominators should provide a narrative of accomplishments in support of their nominee. 

 

The Committee's decision-making is based on the substance of the reasons given for the nomination and provides the content of the award recipient's certificate. The committee will select a citizen who has demonstrated integrity, excellence, and dedication to community service. 

 

The award will be presented at town meeting, which is scheduled for Tuesday, May 17, 2022, at 7 p.m., at Williamstown Elementary School. The deadline for nominations is April 22, 2020. Nominations should be submitted via the nomination form on the Williamstown Community Chest's (WCC) website at https://goo.gl/a0ZQTi. Using the format on the WCC website, nominations can be emailed to the town moderator at afilson@williamstownma.gov, the WCC at info@williamstowncommunitychest.org, or submitted in a sealed envelope to the town manager's or WCC's offices.