Awards

Awards will be announced at the Annual Meeting during the State Convention.

Congratulations to the recipients for their hard work in benefiting the chapter, AMTA, and the massage industry.  They will be announced at the chapter meeting and later on the website, newsletter, and social media. Read below for information on the qualifications for each award.

The Awards Committee identifies chapter members through your feedback who deserve recognition for their outstanding contributions to AMTA, the Georgia Chapter, or the massage therapy profession. 

Volunteer leaders, please contact the Awards Chair to be sure your colleagues receive a certificate of appreciation for their work this past year. To recommend a person for one or more of the awards, click here or contact the Awards Chair. 

Include:

  1. your name,
  2. your member ID#,
  3. the name of the award,
  4. the name of the person you’re recommending,
  5. and a brief description of why you believe they should receive this award.
  6. Email it to David Pierre, Awards Chair at DPierre98@gmail.com.

View the description of each award below. You may make a recommendation for one or more awards. (A candidate may receive only one award in any given year and may not receive the same award in consecutive years.)

Chapter Meritorious Award

Purpose:

  • To openly honor an AMTA member.
  • To acknowledge diligent volunteerism done in an altruistic manner.

Qualifications:

  • An active member in AMTA for at least one (1) year
  • Only one (1) nominee from each Chapter can be a recipient of the award

“Others First” Previously The Humanitarian Award

Purpose

  • To openly honor recipient(s) who is an AMTA member
  • To acknowledge the “heart” of massage in action

Qualifications

  • The recipient must be a member of AMTA and a massage therapist in good standing at the time of award consideration
  • This award may be given posthumously
  • Recipient must contribute to the massage profession in an outstanding manner
  • Volunteer work, which may or may not include massage, is done in the larger community. This can include but is not limited to: charity, church, supporting the arts, working with children, disabled, needy, sick, homeless, and elderly, community outreach to populations for who massage is otherwise difficult to obtain; fundraising for the same, consciousness-raising, relief effort
  • Recipient shall not have received this award in the previous year
  • Nominated by any Chapter member
  • Approved by the Chapter Board