The Register-Guard’s Volunteer of the Year Award Luncheon is an annual event that honors the extraordinary contributions of Lane County’s many fine volunteers. Nominees in each category (see below for the categories and the 2012 winners) are honored through word and image and the top winners in each category are revealed. One individual is named the Volunteer of the Year.
ARTS AND CULTURE
Gretchen Hult Pierce, The Oregon Community Foundation’s Arts Foundation of Western Oregon Fund
CHILDREN AND YOUTH& VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR
Dianne Watson, Birth to Three
CIVIC AND COMMUNITY
Liz Ness, Zonta Club of Eugene-Springfield
EDUCATION AND SCHOOLS
Dan Ambrose, South Eugene High School
ESSENTIALS FOR LIFE
Rindy Hoag, Bags of Love, Inc.
SENIOR AWARD
Dale & Mary Helikson, RSVP
YOUTH AWARD
Springfield Library Teen Advisory Board
ORGANIZATIONS/TEAM AWARDS
Central Presbyterian Church
