Governor's Awards for Service and Volunteerism: Meet Past Recipients!

2022 Awards

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Honored recipients:

  • Maine Volunteer of the Year: Charlie Frizzle, Brunswick
  • Young Maine Volunteer of the Year: Charlie Austin, South Portland
  • Outstanding Volunteer Team: Great Bay Services, Sanford
  • Outstanding Volunteer Program: St. Andrews Auxiliary, West Boothbay Harbor

2021 Awards

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Honored recipients:

  • Volunteer of the Year: Luc Nya, of Saco (Chair of the Board of Visitors at the University of Southern Maine)
  • Young Maine Volunteer of the Year: Shawn Jiminez, of West Gardiner (Gardiner Area High School Civil Rights Team and Interact Club)
  • Outstanding Volunteer Team: The Vaccine Volunteer Assistance Team (Southern Maine Area Agency on Aging, of Biddeford) 
  • Outstanding National Service Volunteer: Clara McCool, of Portland (AmeriCorps Resilience Corps/Greater Portland Council of Governments) 
  • Excellence in Youth Service Development: RayeAnne Desoto, Gardiner Area High School
  • Excellence in Volunteer Administration: Delilah Poupore, of Biddeford (Heart of Biddeford)

2019 Awards

2019 award winners

  • Outstanding Nonprofit Volunteer Program Award, Literacy Volunteers of Bangor (Bangor)
  • Outstanding Volunteer Team, Medication One-on-One Team (Southern Maine Area Agency on Aging (SMAA), of Scarborough)
  • Service Enterprise of the Year, Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program (Brunswick)
  • Volunteer of the Year, Mike Wisecup (Windham)
  • Excellence in Volunteer Leadership, Jan Cerabona (Elliot)

2018 Awards

2018 award winners

  • Outstanding Non-profit Volunteer Program Award, Freeport Community Services (Freeport)
  • Outstanding National Service Volunteer, Alex Schin (Ellsworth)
  • Volunteer of the Year, Howard Bliss (Brunswick)
  • Youth Volunteer of the Year, Ruthie Gusler (Phillips)

2017 Awards

2017 award winners

  • Outstanding Non-profit Volunteer Program Award, Grace Interfaith Food Table (Preque Isle)
  • Outstanding National Service Volunteer, Megan McCue (York)
  • Volunteer of the Year, Julie Abbott (Gorham) 
  • Youth Volunteer of the Year, Olivia Spelman (Falmouth)

2016 Awards

2016 award winners

  • Outstanding Non-profit Volunteer Program Award, Partners for World Health
  • Outstanding National Service Volunteer, Natalie Landry (Portland)
  • Volunteer of the Year, Barbara Belanger (Rumford) 
  • Outstanding Public Sector Volunteer, CarltonBeckett (Mechanic Falls) 
  • Youth Volunteer of the Year, Jada Lin (Pittston)

2015 Awards

2015 award winners

  • Outstanding Non-profit Volunteer Program Award, New Vineyard Public Library  
  • Outstanding National Service Volunteer, Silviano Senecca (Windham)  
  • Volunteer of the Year, Gail Hart (Harpswell)  
  • Outstanding Public Sector Volunteer, Kenneth Dow (Corrina)  
  • Youth Volunteer of the Year, Brianna Cynthia Jack (Baileyville)