MADISON, Wis. — Time is almost up to nominate individuals and organizations for World Council of Credit Unions' Distinguished Service Award. Nominations for the global credit union movement's top individual and organizational honors are due no later than March 30, 2012.

The award will be presented during World Council's World Credit Union Conference, July 15–18, in Gdańsk, Poland.

The DSA honors the exceptional achievements of individuals and organizations whose activities have furthered World Council's vision of "improving people's lives through credit unions." Individual recipients may be World Council member organization officers, directors or representatives; international credit union pioneers; field technicians with long and outstanding service records; or individuals whose actions have benefitted global credit union development. World Council presents up to three individual awards in a single year.

Institutional recipients may be organizations or agencies that have assisted with developing international credit union movements and service infrastructures over an extended period of time. World Council presents only one institutional award each year.

For more information on the DSA and to download a nomination form, visit www.woccu.org/recognition. Nominations must be made by a World Council member organization (see www.woccu.org/members) by March 30, 2012.

For more information on the 2012 World Credit Unions Conference, please visit www.LetsGdansk2012.org.