Youth Alliance Awards
Youth Alliance Awards are presented each Spring!
The Youth Alliance Awards presentation is one of the Volunteer Center's signature events. This awards presentation was started in 1994 by a group of representatives that worked with amazing youth that they wanted to highlight and thank for all the service they provide in our community.
The structure has not changed much since that first event. The Fox Cities Youth Service Award is presented to one individual and one youth group in recognition of service to the Fox Cities community. The awards seek to recognize the spirit of volunteerism, as found in future leaders of our community, and to encourage young people and adults to take hold of that same spirit in their own lives. All individuals and organizations throughout the Valley are encouraged to nominate any youth or youth group who has demonstrated a commitment to helping others and has succeeded in positively impacting the lives of others during the period from the January of the previous year to the nomination period prior to the spring event.
Youth Alliance Awards 2011
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The Youth Alliance Luncheon was held on April 14th at Liberty Hall. 24 individuals and 12 groups were nominated and recognized for their hard work. Bill Jartz was the emcee for the day. The awards seek to recognize the spirit of volunteerism as found in the future leaders of our community and to encourage young people and adults to take hold of that same spirit in their own lives.
Thank you to the following supporters. Appleton Area School District, Fox Cities YMCA, Girl Scouts of the Northwestern Great Lakes, The Post Crescent, Volunteer Center of East Central Wisconsin, WBAY (Channel 2), and Bill Jartz.
Thank you to the Award Judges: Thank you to our judges: Mary Baker, Miller Electric; Jonathan Johns, The Avenue 91.1; Nick Maas, Living Tree Estates; Gary McGoey, Retired & RSVP Volunteer; Jim Reid, ADCi & RSVP Volunteer.
Without generous donations of time, money and other resources, this project would not be possible. We are grateful and appreciative of our anonymous luncheon donor. Thank you to Willems Marketing for their Video services. Thanks also to individuals who nominated someone for the youth award and to each of you who have joined us today to honor motivated young people in our community.
And the winners are...
Alexander Steven Hagen was selected as the 2011 Youth Individual Winner at the April 14th Youth Alliance Luncheon at Liberty Hall. Alexander was nominated by: Pat Schabo and Paul Hartwig. Alexander has volunteered teaching Vacation Bible Schools for the past four years to over 140 children. He has also volunteered to be the manager of the basketball and soccer teams at Fox Valley Lutheran. Along with being a mentor he has been an active member of Fox Valley Lutherans National Honor Society and their Student Council. He is also co-founder of Dan’s House of Hope. Dan’s House of Hope is a program to build a house like the Ronald McDonald house for young adults that are over 18 who are going through cancer treatments and have no place to stay. Since Dan’s House of Hope has been formed over $50,000 has been raised towards his goal.
The group winner selected was the Appleton East’s DECA Chapter was nominated by Keegan O’brien. The Appleton East DECA takes part in many different volunteer and community service activities throughout the school year. They do things like rake leaves for elderly homeowners around Appleton East, ring bells for the Salvation Army during the holiday season, sell T-shirts during basketball games to raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, and take the Polar Plunge into lake Winnebago every year to raise money for Special Olympics. Appleton East’s DECA has a passion for service. They have raised over 10,000 dollars for 10 different charities this school year. This group of students is dedicated to serving their school and to other people.Appleton East DECA Chapter.
