WISE Women of Blair County Tribute recognizes and honors Blair County women who have demonstrated excellence and leadership.

Many exceptional women in Blair County deserve to be recognized. Please nominate one you believe could be a 2026 WISE Women of Blair County Tribute Honoree.

You may submit a nominee for more than one category. (Current board members are ineligible for these awards.)

The award categories are:

n Arts & Letters

n Business and Professional

n Community Service Volunteer

n Education

n Non-Profit/Government

n Rising Star

Nominations are also being accepted for the Lifetime Achievement Award. This award is presented to a woman who, during her lifetime or the span of her career, has exemplified the mission of WISE Women — “to empower women and to encourage acceptance and inclusion through collaboration, service and education” — and has made contributions of outstanding significance to the WISE Women mission by the way she has lived her life.

Nomination forms are available at www.wise

womenofblaircounty.org, through the WISE Women of Blair County Facebook page link in post or by emailing tribute@wise

womenofblaircounty.org.

Completed nomination forms may be submitted online, emailed to tribute

@wisewomenofblaircounty

.org or mailed to P.O. Box 134, Hollidaysburg, PA 16648. Electronic submissions are preferred.

Deadline for nominations is 4 p.m. Jan. 7.

The Tribute Honoree Dinner will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 15, at the Blair County Convention Center.

For questions, email

tribute@wisewomenof

blaircounty.org.