Awards Nominations Due Friday!
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Pacific Palisades Community Council
PPCC Awards Nominations due
this coming Friday, October 17!
to submit nominations
for the 2025 PPCC
Citizen of the Yea
r
and
Golden Sparkplug
Awards!
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We continue to encourage Palisadians to submit
nominations of worthy community members
for these special honors
!
Send nominations to
info@pacpalicc.org
no later than
5pm,
this coming
Friday,
October 17
.
A
few words
about awards eligibility:
The
Golden Sparkplug
award is for community members who voluntarily ignited an
original effort or project
that was initiated, in progress or completed within the past year or two, which benefitted the entire community. Persons eligible for Sparkplug awards include
Palisades youth as well as adult residents, property owners and/or business operators.
Citizen of the Year
honors are bestowed on special individuals who have contributed both
long term voluntary service
plus
a
recent extraordinary accomplishment
for the betterment of the Palisades.
Adult residents
of Pacific Palisades
are eligible for Citizen of the Year.
Optional
Pride of the Palisades
honors may sometimes be awarded in exceptional cases, at the discretion of the
Awards Selection Committee:
Daphne Gronich (Committee Chair, PAPA rep to PPCC and past
Citizen of the Year);
Richard Blumenberg (Civic League rep to PPCC), Karen Ridgley (Area 4 elected rep), Chris Spitz (At-large elected rep and past
Citizen of the Year),
and Cindi Young (Area 1 alternate rep and immediate past
Citizen of the Year).
For other details and requirements, see th
e
Awards Nominations Notice
.
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Sneak Peak: Awards Gala Plans Underway!
The Awards will be presented at the 2025 Awards Dinner / Gala event at
Spruzzo
Restaurant & Bar
in the Palisades, on
December 11, 2025!
Plans for the special evening are underway, with the
Awards Event Committee
working hard on the arrangements:  Lorie Cudzil (Committee Chair and Area 6 elected rep; Kimberly Bloom (Area 5 elected rep), Beth Holden Garland (PPCC Secretary), and Lee Anne Sanderson (Area 4 alternate rep).
More details coming soon!
to get in your Awards nominations
by 5pm this Friday!
Palisades Strong!
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