2024 Nominations Form - South Carolina Governor's Volunteer Awards

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Overview
What are the Governor's Volunteer Awards?
The Governor's Volunteer Awards are an annual partnership of Office of the SC Governor, the Together SC peer network Volunteer Administration Alliance, and the SC Service Commission.

When is the awards event this year?
The 2024 Governor's Volunteer Awards will be presented to recipients on Wednesday April 24, 2024, in the morning at The South Carolina Statehouse Lobby (exact time and meeting point will be announced by Together SC in early 2024). Award winners will be notified by early March in order to make preparations to attend the awards ceremony. 


Who can be nominated for an award? 

Nominee Eligibility Criteria:
  • Must be a South Carolina resident; and
  • Must be performing volunteer services in South Carolina; and
  • All nominees must have served without financial gain, except for nominees in the category of Workplace Agency and Volunteer Administrator of the Year; and
  • Nominees must have been active within the past twelve months in the category of service for which they are nominated; and
  • Previous winners are not eligible for the same award two years consecutively

What are the SC Governor's Volunteer Awards categories?

Individual Award Categories:
  • Community Leader Volunteer: An individual who has provided broad and exceptional leadership to causes, programs and/or projects that address human needs.
  • Direct Service Volunteer: An individual who has excelled in providing direct one-on-one service to an individual, organization, or the community, demonstrating and performing with commitment and initiative.
  • Youth Volunteer: An individual age 19 or younger, who has excelled in service to an individual, organization, or the community, demonstrating and performing with commitment and initiative. The voluntary nature of the service is a critical factor. 
  • Legacy Volunteer: An individual who has been involved as a volunteer with ten (10) years or longer of continual voluntary service and has excelled in service to an individual, organization or the community, demonstrating and performing with commitment and initiative.  
  • Robin Burns Volunteer Administrator of the Year: An individual who is involved in volunteer administration and demonstrates exemplary service to their community, the profession of volunteer administration, and their agency or organization.
  • SC AmeriCorps member of the year: A currently serving AmeriCorps national service member who has gone above and beyond to demonstrate how AmeriCorps improves lives, strengthens communities, and fosters civic engagement and volunteerism. Nominee to be selected by the SC Service Commission.

Group Award Categories:
  • Workplace Agency/Association: A corporation, business or trade association that has demonstrated commitment to the community by supporting volunteer activities.  
  • Volunteer Group: (could include workplace, association or family) A group that has been instrumental in designing or sponsoring a program or project to benefit an individual, organization, or the community, demonstrating and performing with commitment and initiative.
Can I nominate someone else for an award? Can I nominate myself for an award?
  • You are welcome to self-nominate or to nominate others for this award
When must nominations be submitted by?
Nominations will be accepted by filling out this form until end of day on WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 14, 2024 (EXTENDED DEADLINE BEYOND ORIGINAL OF 1/31)! 

Who can I reach out to if I have questions about the SC Governor's Volunteer Awards?
  • Event organizer: Mary Dell Hayes, marydell@togethersc.org
  • Online Form (technical support): Becky Brennan Thom, rebecca@uwasc.org
Nominator Information
In this section, please insert contact information for yourself as the nominator. If you are self-nominating, you will enter this information again on the next page. You do not have to be affiliated with an organization to complete the application.

(for you as the person filling out this form) e.g. "John Smith"

(for you as the person filling out this form) e.g. "(555)555-5555"

(for you as the person filling out this form) e.g. "john.smith@exampleemail.com"

(on behalf of your organization with you as the person filling out this form) e.g. "ABC Nonprofit"

Individual Award - Nominee Information
In this section, you will enter information about the individual or that you are nominating for an SC Governor's Volunteer Award. Please enter information about the nominee below.

e.g. "Jane Examplar"

e.g. "(555)111-2222"

e.g. "jane.examplar@serviceexampleco.com"

(Full mailing address including city, state and zip) e.g. "1234 Sample Dr. Apt 56 Charleston, SC 55055"
Group Award - Nominee Information
In this section, you will enter information about the Organization or Group that you are nominating for an SC Governor's Volunteer Award. Please enter information about the nominee below.

e.g. "Do-Gooder Corp"

e.g. "Arnold Sampleman"

e.g. "(555)111-2222"

e.g. "jane.examplar@serviceexampleco.com"

(Full mailing address including city, state and zip) e.g. "1234 Sample Dr. Apt 56 Charleston, SC 55055"
Nomination Category
*Note: You are only able to select one category under which to submit your nominee for consideration. Please know that the SC Governor's Volunteer Awards Selection Committee reserves the right to consider your nominee under other categories and may change a nominee’s category; you will be informed of any changes.

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