2017 was CAN's 25th Anniversary and as you can tell, CAN was able to accomplish a great deal in this silver anniversary of the partnership. At
CAN's 2018 Beginning of Year Celebration, CAN staff highlighted the year's accomplishments at the City of Austin's new Central Library. As part of this annual celebration, CAN
also conducts the annual Butler Awards presentation. The award is named in honor of CAN's first Executive Director, Fred Butler, and recognizes individuals and collaborations that
have worked to bring together people and organizations to collectively address community needs. The focus of the work of the individuals and/or collaborations being recognized must be upon issues that affect community well-being in Austin or Travis County.
The
Butler Award for
Community Leadership
was presented to
Anne H. Harutunian and Jacquie Porter, individually, for
exhibiting integrity, trust, vision and passion to champion and meaningfully support collaborative efforts aimed at improving the health, well-being and safety of the community.
The
Butler Award for
Spirit of Collaboration
was presented to
SAFE Alliance
&
HOST
(Homeless Outreach Street Team) for being organizations or initiatives that
worked to bring together people and organizations to collectively address community needs and improve the health, well-being and safety of the community.
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