Organizers of the Galesburg-Augusta Inspirational Alumni Award sends out a friendly reminder the deadline for nominations to be submitted for the 2025 event is November 1.
 
The link to the nomination form can be found on the group;s Facebook page at G-A IAA or the school district’s website at https://www.g-aschools.org.

 The 2025 event will be the fourth awards ceremony. Previous award winners were Dale Martin, “Dave Eldridge, Keith Martin and Frank Baker in 2022; Charlie Kraiger, Jen Marble Blake, Byron Cox and Julie Hoffman Adolphson in 2023 and Peter Avis, Patricia Conor Hodapp, Penny Mairs Lorio and Major Tyler Piper, in 2024.

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