2008 Woodie Awards
Celebration on the Hill
Ashley Diggs
Issue date: 10/11/06 Section: News
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On September 19 - 20, 2006, nearly 4,000 American Cancer Society celebration ambassadors assembled in Washington, DC for Celebration on the Hill 2006. Celebration on the Hill is an exceptional event that shows our country's politicians how the American Cancer Society is pursuing the fight against cancer in communities nationwide.
Joined by thousands of additional survivors and volunteers from across the country, these celebration ambassadors were united on the National Mall for a Relay for Life Celebration from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on September 20, 2006.
A celebration ambassador is a volunteer who partners with American Cancer Society advocacy staff to implement and/or manage local, state or federal advocacy activity. Chosen through a competitive process, celebration ambassadors responsibilities include recruiting and mentoring legislative advocates, responding to and furthering distribute action alerts, and sending letters-to-the-editor to local media.
They were also required to serve in at least one of the following roles: chairperson, community level advocacy team, advocacy event organizer, Relay For Life advocacy chairperson, active member, community level advocacy team, media spokesperson/regular contributor letters-to-the-editor, regular participant in local legislative visits. The term of the celebration ambassador will begin in January 2006 and run through December.
Serving as the ambassador for the Congressional District 6 was one of our very own students, Emily Gosnell, a senior here at Frostburg State University and a computer science major.
Emily feels that one of the reasons why she was selected to be ambassador is because of her involvement in the Student Center for Volunteerism (SCV). She is the advocacy chair. She also participates in all of SCV events.
Every year SCV participates in the Day of Caring and Sharing. For family weekend, they decorate picture frames for long-term care patients and deliver them to the hospital. For homecoming they are doing Glories Happy Hats, which is a soft, colorful, jester-like style hat specifically designed to respond to the needs of critically ill children as well as to those in pediatric intensive care units, burn centers and hospices.
Joined by thousands of additional survivors and volunteers from across the country, these celebration ambassadors were united on the National Mall for a Relay for Life Celebration from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on September 20, 2006.
A celebration ambassador is a volunteer who partners with American Cancer Society advocacy staff to implement and/or manage local, state or federal advocacy activity. Chosen through a competitive process, celebration ambassadors responsibilities include recruiting and mentoring legislative advocates, responding to and furthering distribute action alerts, and sending letters-to-the-editor to local media.
They were also required to serve in at least one of the following roles: chairperson, community level advocacy team, advocacy event organizer, Relay For Life advocacy chairperson, active member, community level advocacy team, media spokesperson/regular contributor letters-to-the-editor, regular participant in local legislative visits. The term of the celebration ambassador will begin in January 2006 and run through December.
Serving as the ambassador for the Congressional District 6 was one of our very own students, Emily Gosnell, a senior here at Frostburg State University and a computer science major.
Emily feels that one of the reasons why she was selected to be ambassador is because of her involvement in the Student Center for Volunteerism (SCV). She is the advocacy chair. She also participates in all of SCV events.
Every year SCV participates in the Day of Caring and Sharing. For family weekend, they decorate picture frames for long-term care patients and deliver them to the hospital. For homecoming they are doing Glories Happy Hats, which is a soft, colorful, jester-like style hat specifically designed to respond to the needs of critically ill children as well as to those in pediatric intensive care units, burn centers and hospices.
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