SALT LAKE CITY- Utah has a long and proud tradition of volunteer service. Now more than ever, volunteers are renewing their commitment to helping others and making new connections that bring us closer together as families, as neighbors, as communities and as a state.
Lt. Gov. Greg Bell is committed to recognizing the beehive state’s volunteers and the Utah Commission on Volunteers is now accepting award recipient nominations in multiple categories.
“I know there are Utahns throughout our great state who are freely giving their time and talents for the betterment of the community,” Bell said. “Give us the opportunity to recognize their achievements.”
Nominations for the Governor’s Lifetime Achievement Award, Lieutenant Governor’s Civic Volunteer of the Year Award, Corporate Volunteer Program of the Year Award, Nonprofit Volunteer Program of the Year Award, Volunteer Administrator of the Year, Youth Service Award, Community Preparedness Award, and Utah AmeriCorps Member/Vista of the Year Award will be accepted through February 22, 2010. Awards will be presented at the Lieutenant Governor’s Conference on Service Volunteer Recognition and Awards Banquet on April 6, 2010.
“Volunteers perform their good deeds largely unnoticed, without compensation and without any expectation of reward or commendation,” said Shar Lewis, Executive Director of the Utah Commission of Volunteers. “The Lieutenant Governor’s Volunteer Service Awards celebrates those extraordinary volunteer efforts of Utahns.”
Award nomination forms are available at our website: http://www.volunteers.utah.gov/
The mission of the Utah Commission on Volunteers, an office of the Lieutenant Governor, is to improve communities through service and volunteering. For more information on the Commission on Volunteers, and various volunteering opportunities across the state, log onto www.volunteers.utah.gov.
