Onondaga County Department of Aging and Youth

Call for Nominations :

County Executive Joanne M. Mahoney and Onondaga County Department of Aging and Youth’s Project Concern are pleased to announce the Call for Nominations for this year’s Boynton Awards for outstanding efforts in fire prevention education for youth.

Chief Henry "Hank" Boynton was a firefighter with the Syracuse Fire Department from 1964 until his death in 1994. Chief Boynton was dedicated to keeping our community a safer place through fire prevention education for youth. The Boynton Award is presented annually by Project Concern during Fire Prevention Week to an individual and/or organization that exemplify the Chief's commitment, leadership, initiative and dedication to reducing the incidence of juvenile fire setting through fire prevention education for youth.

This year’s award winners will be honored at a ceremony that will take place on October 7, 2009 at 12 noon in the Banner Room of the John H. Mulroy Civic Center.

Click here to download a nomination form, or for more information please contact Joe King at the Department of Aging and Youth at 435-2362 x 118

The deadline for nominations is Friday, September 18, 2009.

The 2008 Boynton Award Winners:

Danielle Peterson (Individual Award)

and

Onondaga County Mental Health Department (Organization Award)

Danielle Peterson, a Special Education Teacher and Reading Specialist with the Syracuse City School District, was nominated for the award by the City of Syracuse Fire Investigation Unit for her work in developing and improving educational programs delivered to the children of the City of Syracuse and Onondaga County who are involved with fire. Early intervention with these educational programs aims to reduce injury, loss of life and property damage from fires started by children.

The Onondaga County Office of Mental Health received the Organization Award in recognition of their tireless efforts toward implementing a comprehensive follow-up procedure and process to determine the effectiveness of the Juvenile Fire Setter Programs. Without the tireless efforts of the Office of Mental Health there would be no way to ensure the families helped by Project Concern truly were having all their needs met.

Please join us in congratulating the 2008 Boynton Award winners, pictured here with the award presenters and Nancy Boynton, Chief Boynton’s wife:

Left to Right - Chief John Cowin, Syracuse Fire Department, Danielle Peterson, Syracuse City School District (Award Recipient), Denise Dwyer, Onondaga County Mental Health Department, Bob Long, Commissioner
- Onondaga County Mental Health Department, Mary Kuhn, Onondaga County Mental Health Department (Award Recipient), Bill Rotax, Onondaga County Mental Health Department, Joanne Mahoney, County Executive, Lisa Alford, Commissioner – Department of Aging & Youth, and Nancy Boynton.