CHICO, Calif. — Nominations are open for the 2022 Common Threads North Award recognizing women in agriculture who make a difference in their communities through philanthropy and service above and beyond their job responsibilities. Common Threads North honors those exemplary individuals whose extraordinary contribution of time, energy and resources enhance the lives of all around them. Eligible women must be from California counties north of the southern line created by Santa Cruz, Stanislaus, and Tuolumne counties.
The Common Threads North Award was started by the California Agricultural Leadership Foundation, California Women in Agriculture, nine county Farm Bureaus and the UC Davis College of Agriculture and Environmental Science in 2003. Over the years, enriched by partnerships with the California Foundation for Agriculture In The Classroom, California State University, Chico, Center for Land-Based Learning and several Resource Conservation Districts, the Common Threads North program has grown to be one of the most prestigious and meaningful distinctions in the agricultural community and beyond. Honorees have included women from all walks of life, from university professors to bankers, directors of government agencies and nonprofits, community volunteers and entrepreneurs, with California agriculture the common thread that connects them all.
Nominations for the 2022 Common Threads North Award are currently being accepted and are due by November 30, 2021. From those nominations, a panel of Common Threads North partner representatives will select women who have demonstrated extraordinary participation in their community by giving their time, expertise and other contributions.
Recipients will be recognized at an awards ceremony April 6, 2022 at Butte Creek Country Club in Chico. Five recipients selected to receive the 2020 Common Threads North Award will also be honored at that time. They are Denise Carter of Colusa (Colusa County), Sarah DeForest of Chico (Butte County), Marilyn Holdenried of Kelseyville (Lake County), Yvonne Koehnen of Glenn (Glenn County), and Nita Vail of Sacramento (Sacramento County).
Nomination packets may be downloaded at www.commonthreadsnorth.com or may be requested via email. For more information on the nomination process, the award ceremony or the program in general, please contact Sarah DeForest at 530-898-3737 or by email at sdeforest@csuchico.edu.
Common Threads North is a program of the Butte Agriculture Foundation, Inc., a 501 (c)3 nonprofit for public and charitable purposes organized under the Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation Law.
–CSU Chico