Good Neighbor Award
Applications for the 2023 Mainstreet Good Neighbor Award are now closed.
Know a REALTOR® you would like to nominate? Download the nominating form below.
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Mainstreet Good Neighbor Award winners demonstrate astonishing dedication to continually improving their communities though philanthropic efforts. They receive a personalized charitable contribution to an organization they volunteer with.
Eligibility Criteria:
- Nominees must be a Mainstreet member in good standing.
- Nominees will have contributed to a program that improves the livability of a local community. Those activities aren’t limited to real estate or housing issues, and may include such things as crime prevention, youth mentoring, or homelessness prevention, for example.
- Nominees will have made a significant contribution of personal time.
- Nominees will be judged on their level of personal contribution, impact of personal contribution, broadness of impact, and the project’s suitability as a role model for other REALTORS®.
- The award is intended to recognize individual contributions, not company-wide efforts.
- Nominees must be able to document the results of their individual involvement through published reports and/or testimonials from the organization they served or the people they helped.
Nomination Procedures:
REALTORS® may nominate themselves, may be nominated by another Mainstreet member, or be nominated by the community organization they serve. Do you know a Mainstreet member who is volunteering for an organization in your community, but you do not have enough information to fill out our application? Fill out a nomination form for them! Click here and complete the official nomination form. If you are applying for yourself, you can complete the Good Neighbor Award application here.
All entries shall become the property of Mainstreet and will not be returned.
- Nominee entry information will not be given to anyone outside of the Mainstreet Organization of REALTORS®.
- Nominees must sign an affidavit of eligibility and be willing to be interviewed, photographed, and featured on the Association’s website. The recipient will be recognized at the annual installation of Officers & Directors.
- The recipient will be notified by telephone and mail.
New This Year!
Mainstreet is excited to announce that the award amount has increased! Starting this year, winners will receive:
First Place - $3,000
Second Place - $2,000
Third Place - $1,000
2022 Award Recipients
Traci Perez - $2,000 to Angels on the Moon
Bill Guest - $1,000 to Friends of Freya
Kinga Korpacz - $500 to Legion of Young Polish Women
2021 Award Recipients
Robert Petranek - $2,000 to Friends for Downers Grove Township Seniors
Kristi Gorski - $1,000 to Bridge Communities
Norman Gann - $500 to Lake County Responds for Veterans
2020 Award Recipients
Quin O'Brien - $2,000 to Northern Illinois Food Bank
Sharmi Trivedi - $1,000 to Seniors Need Help, Corp
Corvi Pavlis - $500 to Rest in His Arms
2019 Award Recipients
Dale Taylor - $2,000 to South Suburban P.A.D.S.
Tina Abbatecola - $1,000 to Lake County Responds for Veterans
Linda Dressler - $500 to Community Nutrition Network & Senior Services Association
2018 Award Recipients
Liane Luckett - $2,000 to Midwest BBQ for the Brave
Nicole Tudisco - $1,000 to Jarrett Payton Foundation
Cally Larson - $500 to Plainfield Police K-9 Memorial
2017 Award Recipients
Jina Boerman - $2,000 to West Suburban Community Pantry
Joan Wayman - $1000 to Rotary Club of Darien
Karen Irace - $500 to US Marine Corps Toys for Tots
2016 Award Recipients
Jack Persin - $2,000 to Naperville Responds to Our Veterans
Beth Kaim - $1,000 to Elk Grove Leo's Club
Robert Lindemann - $500 to St. Baldrick's Foundation in West Dundee
2015 Award Recipients
Michael Lescher - $1,000 to Promote Fox Lake
Brenda Walden - $500 to Habitat for Humanity
Dale Taylor - $250 to South Suburban P.A.D.S.
2014 Award Recipients
Joe Kenny - $1,000 to First United Methodist Church - Homeless Ministry
Richard Dunn - $500 to First United Methodist Church - Welcome Center
Gary Leavenworth - $250 to Lombard Town Centre
2013 Award Recipients
Dale Taylor - $1,000 to South Suburban Pads
Cindy Eich - $500 to REALTORS® Against Homelessness
Gary Leavenworth - $250 to Singing for Seniors