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Outstanding Volunteers Recognized at Volunteer Appreciation Night

Last year over 15,000 volunteers gave over 100,000 hours of their time to make a difference at Habitat Metro Denver. With National Volunteer Appreciation Week happening this month, we would like to thank these amazing individuals for donating their time and talents to improve their communities and the lives of local, hardworking families.

In honor of these incredible volunteers, we held a Volunteer Appreciation Party on April 12. Outstanding volunteers were recognized in the areas of volunteer recruitment, finance, construction, family outreach and support, and going above and beyond the call of duty.

Outstanding Volunteers of 2015

Tom Brunn  – The Ray Finney Award: to a volunteer who demonstrates service above and beyond the call of duty, and who exemplifies asking others to get involved

Mike Miller – The Dave Carpenter Award: to a volunteer who does outstanding work in the financial area of Habitat including fundraising or in-kind donations, financial planning, or resource management

Jake Isaacson & Rhea Oberst – The Galen Hofer Award: to a volunteer who demonstrates outstanding construction ability, ability to work with volunteers and devotion to building homes

Mila Vogel & Cassie Ilich – The Amy Weinstein Award: to a volunteer who exemplifies compassion and devotion to the families of Habitat

Anne Dierschow – The Bob Thompson Award: to a volunteer who has made a long-term commitment and who performs vital behind-the-scenes work for Habitat

Jay Watkins – The Ray Cushman Award: to the volunteer who has devoted many hours of labor toward a variety of Habitat tasks, and is a volunteer the organization would be a loss without

Jack Darnell – Outstanding Electrical Volunteer Award

Audrey Roberts – Allssia Shumake Memorial Award for Youth Service to Habitat

Dave Honeyfield – Wayne Colliander Award for Outstanding Volunteer Service:  this award is given to a volunteer who demonstrates a positive, can-do attitude, and who has devoted many years of behind-the-scenes service to Habitat

Harry Pierce – Rick Beattie Award for Outstanding Volunteer Service: this award exemplifies a volunteer with a heartfelt passion for Habitat’s mission and who has made significant contributions over many years