El Premio al Voluntario del Año de la Fundación Telluride es un reconocimiento a alguien que ha contribuido desinteresadamente a la calidad de vida de la comunidad regional de Telluride a través del voluntariado, el servicio comunitario o la filantropía.

El galardonado recibirá una placa conmemorativa y una subvención de 5.000 dólares que se entregará en su nombre a una organización local sin ánimo de lucro de su elección.

Past Outstanding Volunteers recipients include Terry Tice (2003), Lissa Margetts (2004), John Micetic (2005), Bill Carstens (2006), John Pryor and Jane Hickcox (2007), Kathy Green (2008), Marilyn Branch (2009), Andrea Benda, Dan & Greer Garner (2010), Billy “Senior” Mahoney (2011) Ann Brady (2012), Dean Rolley (2013), Kristin Holbrook (2014), Gary Freedman (2015), Elaine Fischer (2016), Wendy Brooks (2017), Susan Rice (2018),  Barb Gross (2019), San Miguel County Search and Rescue (2020) Cat & Barthold Lichtenbelt and Marti & Partick O’Leary (2020), Corinne Cavender, Lollie Lavercombe, Cara Wilder (2021), Claudia Garcia Curzio, Julia Millan Avila, and Andres Jacinto Alonzo (2022), David Sussman (2023), and Emily Haight and Leila Seraphin (2024).

Directrices para la presentación de candidaturas

• Nominee must be a community member from the region, which includes San Miguel, Ouray and West Montrose counties and the town of Rico.
• Nominees will be selected based on unselfish and extraordinary volunteer contributions to the community that include community service, collaboration, leadership and compassion.
• Nomination must be based on non-paid work.
• Telluride Foundation Board Members and staff are not eligible.
• The award is designed for a single individual, however, exceptions can be made.

The 2025 submission deadline has passed. The Telluride Foundation will announce the VOTY selection soon.

Telluride Foundation will review submissions and select an award recipient in September. For questions, contact Courtney at 970-728-8717 or courtneym@telluridefoundation.org