Tech
Image’s Boivin honored by State of Illinois for volunteer
program
Community
beautification project recognized with Governor’s Home
Town Award
SPRINGFIELD,
Ill. (November 27, 2007) – Tim Boivin, the director
of media relations at Tech Image, accepted the Governor’s
Home Town Award for Volunteerism Excellence on behalf of the
village of Cary, IL, in a ceremony here today.
Boivin is the founder and director of Cary Pride Day, an annual
beautification program in Cary, Ill. that attracts more than
200 volunteers and culminates with a luncheon honoring youth
and adult volunteers with awards for their volunteer service
to the community. Joining him at the ceremony were Steve Lamal,
the Mayor of Cary, and Cameron Davis, the town’s Village
Administrator. Cary is a suburb of 15,000 people located northwest
of Chicago along the Fox River.
“Tech Image and SmithBucklin have been strong advocates
of giving back to the community, and I am fortunate that they
are so supportive of my volunteer efforts in Cary,”
Boivin said. “It is especially gratifying, at a time
when young people are often negatively portrayed in society,
to have the opportunity to work with so many of them on this
project year after year. I am proud that the State of Illinois
has recognized their efforts and look forward to continuing
to work with these fine young people in the future.”
Boivin started Cary Pride Day as a way of integrating the
principles of CHARACTER COUNTS!, of which he is one of the
founders, into the fabric of the community. CHARACTER COUNTS!
is a community-wide character development program that emphasizes
the Six Pillars of Character – Trustworthiness, Respect,
Responsibility, Fairness, Caring and Citizenship. CHARACTER
COUNTS is the largest nonprofit, nonpartisan, nonsectarian
coalition of schools, communities, and nonprofit organizations
in the country to advance character education.
Earlier this year, Boivin was the first volunteer to be recognized
by the Village of Cary with the Cary Pride Award, presented
to the community’s outstanding volunteer. In addition
to CHARACTER COUNTS! and Cary Pride Day, Boivin is a Boy Scout
Leader with Troop 657 and the founder and president of the
Cary-Grove Cross Country and Track and Field Association,
a parents club at Cary-Grove High School that was instrumental
in getting a new track built at the high school this year.
Boivin also coached youth soccer teams in Cary for eight years
and ran annual coaching clinics on “Pursing Victory
with Honor,” a character development program for youth
sports coaches.
The Governor’s Home Town Award, given by the Illinois
Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, recognizes
outstanding community volunteer projects that address local
needs in a time of reduced public resources. A key criteria
is that the project leverages the resources already available
within the community so local volunteers are able to maintain
or increase economic progress and the quality of life.
About Tech Image
Founded in 1993, Tech Image is a Chicago-area public relations
firm with a proven reputation for positioning growing technology
companies as market leaders. Tech Image provides media and
analyst relations, messaging services, media coaching and
sales acceleration programs for business-to-business organizations.
Representative clients include Firefly Energy, GlobalSpec,
ProtusIP Solutions, NEC Display Solutions, RedPrairie, and
the Society for Information Management (SIM). In 2007 the
company was named “Best Boutique PR Agency to Work For”
for the second consecutive year by the Holmes Report, and
one of the Top Tech Communicators in a survey of technology
journalists by PRSourceCode. Tech Image is owned by SmithBucklin,
the world’s largest association management and professional
services company with more than 750 employees. SmithBucklin
is 100% employee-owned. Learn more at www.techimage.com or
call 1-888-4-TECH-PR (1-888-483-2477).
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