SAVMA Awards

The SAVMA Awards 2025 Honorees

Exceptional Volunteer Program Award – Junior Achievement of Arizona
Group Volunteerism Award –Public Service Volunteers Collaborative – Camp Fury
Volunteer of the Year Award – Bob Schultz aka Bob the Builder
Youth Volunteer Award – Gabriel Thompson – Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Arizona – 2023 Voice of Potential
Exceptional Governance Volunteer – Nate Clark – Reid Park Zoological Society

SAVMA Awards 2025 Details

January 16, 2025 | 8:00AM- 10:30AM

Tucson Convention Center

Volunteers are essential to the well-being of our community and the SAVMA awards will recognize the extraordinary service of individuals, youth, and corporate volunteerism programs. A national expert in volunteerism will get us started before we launch into the true celebration of our Community Service Recognitions! The 6-major awards will include personalized videos.

SAVMA Awards 2024

With gratitude and in celebration the SAVMA Awards 2024 presented by the Governor’s Office of Youth, Faith and Family were a wonderful return from the pandemic. Relive the celebration with photos, videos, and stories on the 2024 Awards Page!

SAVMA Awards 2020

With nearly 400 people registered to attend the awards it was an amazing event. With photos and videos to remember the celebration and all the community service recognition stories to keep us going we will be inspired for years to come. Check out the fun. 

SAVMA Awards Big 6 – Past Recipients

Volunteer of the Year Award

• 2024 – David Tabb, Court Appointed Special Advocates of Pima County
• 2020 – Steve Johnson, Court Appointed Special Advocates of Pima County
• 2019 – Mary Ohrazda, Tucson Museum of Art

Corporate or Group Volunteerism Award

• 2024 – Caterpillar Tucson Regional Offices, Junior Achievement of Arizona- Southern District
• 2020 – Southwest Gas Corporation
• 2019 – Tucson Electric Power Company

Exceptional Volunteer Program Award

• 2024 – Habitat for Humanity Tucson
• 2020 – Interfaith Community Services
• 2019 – Literacy Connects

Youth Volunteer or Individual Award

• 2024 – Felipe Garcia, Governor’s Youth Commission
• 2020 – Zoo Crew, Reid Park Zoo
• 2019 – RHAP Volunteers (Teen Reproductive Health Access Project), El Rio

Exceptional Governance Volunteerism Award (first issued in 2020)

• 2024 – Chrisie Ballard, Junior Achievement of Arizona- Southern District
• 2020 – Scott Summerford, Interfaith Community Services

Exceptional Volunteer Engagement Professional Award

• 2024 – Tori Carlson, Interfaith Community Services
• 2020 – Gina Hansen, Habitat for Humanity
• 2019 – Theresa Ulloa, Emerge! Center Against Sexual Assault

SAVMA Awards Sponsor Opportunities

While the goal of the event is to celebrate community volunteerism, we seek underwriting support for the event, the proceeds of which support the Southern Arizona Volunteer Management Association’s annual professional development activities. Details for the 2025 Sponsor Package will be coming soon.

Thank you to our 2024 Sponsors