All New

Kevin Daniels Youth Memorial Award:

Introduce at the start of 2008 show season. The Kevin Daniels Youth Memorial Award will be awarded for 2008 – 2015 show year (last award will be at the 2016 banquet for 2015 show season) and at the 2017 awards banquet the trophy will be retired to Kevin’s family.

Application/nominating form will have four categories for evaluation:

1. Leadership- Youth group to define leadership qualities with adult leaders by 6/1/08.

2. NCRHyA-Involvement and participation in the NCRHyA activities.

3. Equine Activities Involvement- NCRHA shows, NRHA shows, breed shows, 4-H, other association competitions, trail riding, clinics attendance or presentation, etc.

4. Other Personal Development Activities- School Achievement, extra curricular activities, community involvement.

The youth group can develop a point scale system for each of the four categories or decide for the Review Committee to rank applicants by category and the best overall ranking will receive the award.

The Review Committee will consist of:

1. Two NCRHyA Adult advisors

2. One NCRHyA board member who is not the awards chairs.

3. The NCRHyA awards chairperson will be the final determiner if the other committee members evaluations results in a tie.

The Kevin Daniels Youth Memorial Award will be a traveling trophy with each recipients name added to the base of the ‘whistle Stop’. The award will be presented to the new recipients at the NCRHA annual awards banquet.

The NCRHyA group will define by 6/1/08 the criteria for each category and the Nomination Form will be complied by Joyce Borchardt and NCRHyA youth advisors and present to the Board of Directors at the July meeting for review and final draft determination. The application/nomination form will be made available at the Futurity show for distribution.