DIrectors of volunteers in agencies (dOVIA) Sacramento invites you to submit nominations for our Three Awards

Youth Volunteer of the Year

Individual Volunteer of the Year

Volunteer Manager of the Year

Award Categories

Youth Volunteer of the Year

This award goes to a youth volunteer under age 21 who has contributed a minimum of 25 hours of service between January 2022 and December 2022. The winner receives a $500 Margaret Einspahr Memorial Award.

Individual Volunteer of the Year

This award goes to a volunteer over the age of 21 who has contributed a minimum of 25 hours of service between January 2022 and December 2022. The winner receives a $100 award to their organization.

Volunteer Manager of the Year

This award goes to a volunteer manager (paid or unpaid). The winner receives a $100 award to their organization in addition to a one year complimentary DOVIA Sacramento organization membership.

Eligibility

• Agency where the individual volunteered or is a volunteer manager is a charitable, nonprofit or public organization between January 2022 and December 2022. 

• All nominee volunteer organizations must provide service for the community at large. 

• Groups providing members-only services are not eligible. 

• Service organizations must endorse nominations. 

• Volunteer service may have been performed on work release time, without pay or for student course credit. Out of pocket expense reimbursement is permissible. 

• Volunteer service must have been performed in Sacramento, Yolo, Placer, El Dorado, Sutter, or Yuba Counties. 

• Current DOVIA board members are not eligible for the Volunteer Manager of the Year award.

• Nominated service work must have been performed between January 1, 2022 and December 31, 2022. 

• Past winners of the three awards are not eligible to win. 

NOMINATION PROCESS

Step 1 (Required)

Complete one nomination form for each candidate and submit by Friday, April 14, 2023, 5 pm Pacific.

Click Here for Nomination Form

Step 2 (Optional)

If available, submit a 30 second video explaining why your nominee(s) deserves to be honored OR of your nominee(s) in action. Pictures and videos will be used for promotional purposes including but not limited to the awards ceremony in May, on our website, and on our social media accounts.  You can upload the file at the bottom of the nomination form or send in an email to awards@doviasacramento.org.

JUDGES

A panel of community leaders, independent of DOVIA board of directors and members, reviews each nomination and chooses a winner in each category. Nominees will be contacted by DOVIA shortly after the nomination due date of Friday, April 14, 2023, 5 pm Pacific.

Awards ceremony

DOVIA will introduce and honor all nominees and announce the winners with an awards ceremony on May 18, 2023 from 4-6 pm at The Eskaton Village Carmichael, 3939 Walnut Avenue, Carmichael, CA 95608. We encourage all nominees and nominators to attend on this special day.

Click Here to Register for the Awards Ceremony

For more information:

Email:                 awards@doviasacramento.org

Phone:               (916) 334-1072, ext. 3

DOVIA (Directors of Volunteers in Agencies) Sacramento provides a forum for exchange of information on relevant issues for  professional volunteer managers and leaders of volunteers. Through collaborative efforts,  DOVIA Sacramento is committed to promoting services and emphasizing professional growth and development of the volunteer administration profession.