Minimium Nominee Criteria
The Creative Innovations in Programming Award recognizes an individual or program that has made notable contributions to promote public access sailing through the development of new and different forms of teaching sailing, as well as creating connections or strengthening sailing communities.
Past winners have included programs who combine sailing with non-traditional offerings (arts, music, technology, STEM, sports etc.) to create joint programming and partnerships; and organizations that have found new ways to utilize their existing resources to get new sailors on the water. This purpose of this award is to highlight those that think “outside the box” and through their ingenuity have further connected their organization to the community.