Secretary of State Condos honors Vermont’s Centennial Nonprofit Award winners today

Secretary of State Jim Condos will recognize Vermont’s oldest non‐profits in a ceremony to be held today, Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at 4 pm at the Vermont Statehouse. The Vermont Centennial Nonprofit Awards program recognizes nonprofit organizations that have operated in Vermont for at least 100 years.
The nonprofits being honored today range from educational institutions, libraries, churches, hospitals, fraternal and other service organizations and many more local groups.
This year, 29 of Vermont’s oldest noprofits will be presented with plaques by Secretary of State Jim Condos. Governor Peter Shumlin, many state legislators, representatives of our congressional delegation, and other dignitaries are expected to attend.
According to Secretary of State Jim Condos, ‘We believe it is important to recognize and honor Vermont’s oldest nonprofits for their many contributions to our communities and to Vermonters. Especially in these difficult times, our communities rely more and more on our non‐profits to fill the gaps and help where they can. This year’s awardees are exemplary representatives of the Vermont non‐profit community.’
Any nonprofit that has been in operation in Vermont for 100 years or more can participate in this program by filling out an application available through the Secretary of State’s office. A complete list of the 2011 Centennial Nonprofit Award recipients appears below.
Est.1911LyndonStateCollege
Est.1910FirstBaptistChurchofSouthLondonderry
Est.1904MontpelierLodgeofElksNo.924
Est.1904TheVermontCenterfortheHardofHearing,Brattleboro
Est.1897MarkSkinnerLibrary,Manchester
Est.1889VermontStateFirefighters’Association
Est.1884VermontVeterans’Home,Bennington
Est.1878VermontBarAssociation
Est.1871St.JohnsburyAthenaeum
Est.1870GoddardCollege,Plainfield
Est.1867UnionAgriculturalSociety(TunbridgeFair)
Est.1866GreaterBurlingtonYMCA
Est.1846RutlandCountyAgriculturalSociety
Est.1842St.JohnsburyAcademy
Est.1838VermontHistoricalSociety,Barre
Est.1836LambdaIOTASociety,Burlington
Est.1834BrattleboroRetreat
Est.1833WestNewburyCongregationalChurch
Est.1819NorwichUniversity,Northfield
Est.1816EastCraftsburyPresbyterianChurch
Est.1798FirstCongregationalChurchofBerlin
Est.1796FirstChurchinBarre,Universalist
Est.1793BradfordCongregationalChurchoftheUnitedChurchofChrist
Est.1768FirstCongregationalChurch&SocietyofWindsor
Unabletoattend:ProsperCemeteryAssociation,Woodstock(Est.1911);ManchesterHistoricalSociety(Est.1898);RutlandRegionalMedicalCenter(Est.1896);WestmoreCommunityChurch(Est.1894);FirstCongregationalChurchandSocietyofOrwell(Est.1842)