Volunteer Award and Recognition Program

We are so excited to be able to finally roll out the new and ( we hope) improved Volunteer Award and Recognition Program. The awards are easily attainable for anyone to acheive whether you are an event, a wish granting or an Office Angel Volunteer so we feel it will be fair for all. If you are only able to work one wish a year or twenty everyone has an opportunity to win an award and be recognized.

Remember, You will be responsible for nominating yourself in two of these categories and you must complete the event survey for your hours to be noted.

Note: Each award will be given in both offices with one winner in AR and one winner in TN/MS.

Volunteers will nominate themselves for the following two awards by completing the required paperwork (to be mailed to you and returned with volunteer Quality Wish Evaluations).

Life of the Party Award: Enhancement of the Year –In order to qualify for this award, volunteers will make the celebration magical and special. Volunteers will go all out to make it a day the wish child will never forget.

Shutterbug Award: Picture of the Year –The winners of this award will have taken a picture that tells the story of a wish child. Details (participants, decorations and/or gifts) will be clearly seen and the wish child will be looking at the camera. Picture’s worth: One thousand words.

For the following four awards, staff will nominate volunteers based on certain criteria.

Hall of Fame –One volunteer will be inducted each year. Volunteers will be nominated by staff members throughout the year based on specified criteria.
· Must be active for the current year
· Must have "can do" attitude
· Must have gone "above and beyond " at least once in past year
· Must have taken the lead on at least two projects and/or wishes
· Must have fulfilled all commitments within reason in the past year.
Intern of the Year –This award will go to the volunteer who has successfully completed their internship while developing and strengthening their skills. Staff will nominate interns based on certain criteria.
· Kept schedule or called in advance when necessary to re-schedule
· Professional behavior
· Completed tasks with efficiency
· Positive attitude to serve
· Invested in their tasks/projects by doing more than was required
· Initiated a project and saw it through to completion ( ex. scrapbook of wish children)

Paper Pusher Punctuality Award –The winners of this award will consistently return all paperwork to the wish coordinator within 10 days of the wish visit. Staff will date paperwork received to determine if this timeline is met. This volunteer will contact the office after the wish visit to discuss details with the Wish Coordinator and turn in details of the enhancement two weeks before.

My Right Arm Award –This will be awarded to an event volunteer from each internal event (i.e. Shaun Micheel Golf Tournament, Celebrity Golf Classic, etc.). The recipient will show up early, stay late if needed and generally work well with staff throughout the event to make sure everything is running smoothly.

Winners for the following three awards will be determined by records from the previous fiscal year.

Big Timer Volunteer of the Year –This award will go to the volunteer with the most hours served while planning or staffing Make-A-Wish events in the past year.

Penny Pincher of the Year – This award will go to the volunteer(s) who has secured the most in-kind total donations in the past year. This volunteer will consistently work to make wishes magical while using community resources.

Office Angel of the Year –This award will go to the volunteer with the most hours served helping the office staff with office duties, mail-outs and other projects.

So start your engines and OFF WE GO!!!!!