By Town Crier Report

The Chamber of Commerce Mountain View is accepting nominations for the 2002 Celebration of Leaders Awards.

The chamber’s annual Celebration of Leaders Awards reception and ceremony recognizes exceptional contributions and service to the Mountain View community.

The chamber invites its non-profit members to nominate an outstanding volunteer.

This will be the eighth year in which the Celebration of Leaders Awards will be presented. In addition to outstanding volunteers, the chamber of commerce award categories include: Outstanding Business (up to 50 employees), Outstanding Business (50-plus employees), Outstanding Organization and Outstanding Business Person.

The Celebration of Leaders Awards will be presented at the Crowne Plaza Cabana 6 p.m., Nov. 21.

Sponsors of the event are Chamber of Commerce Mountain View, Microsoft, Rudolph & Sletten and Netscape/AOL. The media sponsor is the Mountain View Voice.

To purchase tickets for the event, call the chamber office at 968-8378.

For additional information on the event, call Lynnette Hurnblad at 968-8378 or e-mail her at lhurnblad@chambermv.org.

Applications for the award are available at the chamber office or online at www.chambermv.org. The deadline for nominations is Aug. 9.