Sustained Community Achievement Award
University of California Davis Health System for contributing more than $500,000 annually to non-profit agencies and supporting an employee engagement program in which 25% of the employees from 70 different departments volunteer, contributing more than 153,000 hours annually to the community, including donating holiday gifts for more than 500 families, renovating area schools, restoring parkways and landscaping blighted properties, and providing support for emancipating foster youth. Click for picture

Dick Cable People Helping People Media Award
CBS 13/CW 31 for bringing in business and community partners and providing on-air promotion for the annual Stuff the Bus campaign to provide backpacks, schools supplies, books, and hygiene items for more than 2,000 homeless children in the greater Sacramento area. Click for picture

Exceptional Community Support Award
Delegata for Building Bridges that promotes cross-cultural understanding, Closing the Gap that raises funds to help disadvantaged students complete their education, and providing clothing, food and support to families through the Holiday Giving Program. Click for picture

Exceptional Community Support- Small Business Award
Barcellona Inc for its comprehensive marketing and public relations work valued at more than $50,000 annually since 2006 for the Building Industry Association’s HomeAid Sacramento, helping the program expand its services including building a homeless shelter and supporting Painting a Better Tomorrow. Click for picture

Hands On Sacramento Award
Pulte Homes, Sacramento-Reno Division for establishing its charitable giving committee that supports many community causes, and for serving as Builder Captain for HomeAid’s PEACE for Families emergency shelter project in Placer County, maintaining a consistent level of support through completion of the project despite the decline in the home building market. Click for picture

Executive Leadership Award
Sotiris Kolokotronis for support for many charitable organizations during his 20 years in business in the Sacramento region, including serving on numerous non-profit boards and for incorporating his sense of social responsibility into his business practices by incorporating units in his successful housing projects that are affordable to low-income residents. Click for picture

Service Club and Association Achievement Award
Kiwanis Club of Placerville for 52 years of service, most recently raising $35,000 to support victims of the Angora Fire in South Lake Tahoe, raising $4,000 for holiday baskets for needy families, donating more than 450 toys for Toys for Tots, and continuing support for individuals and families in need in El Dorado County. Click for picture

Sacramento Metro Chamber of Commerce – Leadership Sacramento Program for establishing a community improvement project as part of the leadership training program and since 2001 contributing nearly 5,000 hours of volunteer service and more than $330,000 in cash, grants and in-kind donations to numerous local non-profit organizations. Click for picture

Unsung Hero Award
Gordon Christensen for donating over the past 10 years all income from his garage sales and daily can collection and recycling to schools and charities serving children, including River Oaks Center for Children, resulting in a contribution of nearly $55,000 to services for children and families in the last decade. Click for picture

Senior Volunteer Award
Reuben Jessop for helping found United Outreach, a non-profit dedicated to helping the homeless in El Dorado County, reaching out to all sectors of the El Dorado community to garner support for Grace Place, a volunteer-run shelter open during the winter months, and for working tirelessly to obtain funding for a year-round shelter and support program for the homeless in El Dorado County. Click for picture

Youth Volunteer Award
Rebecca Krumdieck for developing project for removal of the invasive water hyacinth from wetlands in the Woodcreek Nature Center, recruiting and organizing more than 170 volunteers to help with the project, creating a poster and skit to educate elementary students about invasive plants that will be used with students visiting the center for years to come. Click for picture