2017 Forsyth County Governor's Volunteer Service Awards
Nominations are now closed. 

People's Choice Awards voting is now closed! We will announce the winner at the 2017 Forsyth County Governor's Volunteer Service Awards Breakfast.

About the Forsyth County Governor's Volunteer Service Awards:
Serving additional people with fewer and fewer resources is something most nonprofits do every day. Without volunteers, many of these organizations would not be able to provide important services. Volunteers are some of our community’s best performing assets, working every day to better fulfill the challenge of our missions. The greatest volunteers bring renewed energy, different and better ideas for getting the work done, and leverage new resources and contacts on behalf of the organizations they serve. While we may acknowledge these unique and talented individuals in our own way, recognizing the best of the best and sharing their stories on a bigger stage inspires others to serve and helps to recruit even more volunteers to the cause.

What is the Governor’s Volunteer Service Award?
North Carolinian's have always shown their concern and compassion for their neighbors by volunteering in local communities across the state. This proud tradition of volunteerism and community service was first recognized by the Office of the Governor in 1979 through the Governor’s Volunteer Service Award. This award honors the true spirit of volunteerism by recognizing individuals, groups and businesses that make a significant contribution to their community through volunteer service. 

Who can be nominated for this award?
Any person, group, or business from the public, non-profit or private sector serving Forsyth County may be nominated for the award. If you know of someone or a group of people who have given substantial amounts of their time and talent to help others in the community, nominate them for one of 12 different Forsyth County Governor’s Volunteer Service awards using the online nomination form. Nominees can be nominated for more than one category and nominators are encouraged to check all categories that apply to their nominees. However, please nominate only one individual and/or one company/group/team/family. 

Questions?
For questions regarding the Governor’s Volunteer Service Awards, the online system, or if you represent an organization that is interested in being a table sponsor for this event, please email HandsOn Northwest North Carolina at info@HandsOnNWNC.org or call 336-724-2866. 

The selection committee eagerly awaits the stories of your fantastic volunteers and thanks you for your participation! 

Sponsored locally by: 

United Way of Forsyth County 
HandsOn NWNC 
Salem College 
Winston-Salem Journal 

on behalf of the NC Commission on Volunteerism and Community Service and the Office of Governor Roy Cooper.