The Saskatchewan 4-H Council was named the 2011 recipient of the Donner Award for education.
It marks the second consecutive win for the organization, which provides hands-on learning and personal development opportunities for Saskatchewan youth aged six to 21.
The annual awards are sponsored by the Donner Canadian Foundation and administered by the Fraser Institute.
They recognize excellence in providing programs by non-profit organizations.
The winners are selected based on a ranking of their performance in 10 key areas, including management and governance, the use of staff and volunteers, innovation, program cost and outcome monitoring.
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Seven non-profit social service agencies were recognized as the best run in the country at the Donner Canadian Foundation Awards for Excellence in the Delivery of Social Services.
Awards of $5,000 were given to each of the winners in the categories of education, counselling services/ crisis intervention, prevention and treatment of substance abuse, provision of basic necessities, services for children, services for people with disabilities and services for seniors.
Only one other Saskatchewan non-profit organization has been a category award winner since the Donner Awards began in 1998. This year, there were 591 applications from 570 organizations.
