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2023 Nominees:
AND.... the 2023 Nominees are
Adult Volunteer of the Year
Bev Blietz ~ Jenny Brandenburg ~ Stephen Cox ~ Rebecca DenHollander ~ Fred & Barb Frey ~ Roy Jilburg ~ John Koski ~ Bryan Mazur ~ Josephine McCarty ~ Bill Mundy ~ Bruce Shewchuk ~ Stephanie Skiba ~ Melissa Wolfe
Arts & Culture
Kathy Rauch ~ Carrie & Peter Sherrill ~ Chris Weidenbacher ~ Northern Sky Tuesday Crew
Environmental Stewardship Award
William Bauernfeind ~ Art Lutzke ~ Dave Zuhlke
Group
Ann Smejkal & Mary Ellen Smith ~
Door County Housing Partnership Board of Directors ~
Lakeshore CAP Food Pantry Volunteers ~ Tug John Purves Docents
Lifetime of Service Award (The Karl May Award)
Tom Beersten ~ Laurie Chapman ~ Grace Fellner ~ Gerald E. Richter
Youth Volunteer Award Scholarship
Jaden Diller ~ Victoria Marchant ~ Bethany Paye
Symone Sandoval ~ Elsa Schoeneman
The Annual Golden Heart Award Celebration honors volunteers who have made a positive impact in Door County. These individuals and groups give selflessly to make a difference in the lives of others. This annual celebration shines a light on the BEST OF THE BEST in our community!
A group of diverse community leaders are chosen to judge the nominations, and they make a recommendation for a winner in each category based on the criteria below. The nominees’ names are removed from the judges to keep the process unbiased.
There are 6 volunteer award categories:
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Adult Volunteer of the Year
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Arts and Culture Volunteer Award
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Environmental Stewardship Award
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Group Volunteers of the Year
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Karl May Lifetime of Service Award
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Youth Scholarship
Nominations are evaluated on the following criteria:
Need- Describe the need for the nominee’s service
Activity- Describe nominee’s activities of service
Initiative- Did the nominee start a new program, use new methods, promote collaboration, solve problems?
Impact- Describe impact or difference the nominee’s service provided
Challenges- Did nominee overcome challenges such as limited resources, public perception, setbacks?
Awareness -for Youth Volunteer Scholarship Awards- How did the volunteer work affect you & who you are today?