Recent Past Winners

• Tom Bell

  

  Aired the week of 1/25/2012 - Show #1204

  A native of Wyoming, Tom Bell always loved the outdoors and wanted to help raise awareness on issues affecting the West that were not being addressed by mainstream media. In 1969 Tom began High Country News, a newspaper to address environmental and public health issues. Tom's… More

• Ron Manganiello

  

  Aired the week of 1/18/2012 - Show #1203

  Ron retired from his life as an energy auditor and wanted to give back to his community. After a friend asked for help rounding up bikes for Somalian refugees in the area, he came up with an organization to combine his love for cycling with helping those in need. Bike Recycle… More

• Norman Cetuk

  

  Aired the week of 1/11/2012 - Show #1202

  Professor Norman Cetuk founded and continues to organize an annual New Orleans Disaster Relief Trip. Each year students, faculty & staff from his area travel to New Orleans to help those in need rebuild. Participants pay their own expenses and all of the money raised for the… More

• Julie Francis

  

  Aired the week of 1/4/2012 - Show #1201

  Julie and her husband Howard Drossman co-founded the nonprofit Catamount Institute, whose mission is to inspire ecological stewardship through education and leadership. They offer an innovative after school and summer camp program called the Young Environmental Stewards (YES)… More

• Stefan Olson

  

  Aired the week of 12/28/2011 - Show #1152

  Stefan Olson has been working with the elderly and disabled for over 20 years. Through his work with the non-profit organization People Working Cooperatively, he created two programs to provide low-income elderly and disabled homeowners with critical home repairs, modifications… More

• Micki LeSueur

  

  Aired the week of 12/21/2011 - Show #1151

  In 2006 Micki and her family decided not to splurge on each other; instead they agreed to help a family in need for the holidays. While looking into that idea, Micki stumbled onto a real need that was not being met and changed the focus of their efforts to help others. You see,… More

• Jennifer Cullenbine

  

  Aired the week of 12/14/2011 - Show #1150

  No child should go without joy during the Holidays and Jennifer Cullenbine, the founder of the nonprofit †Family Giving Tree’, is working hard to make sure that they don’t. Family Giving Tree provides gifts and cheer to the neediest children and individuals in… More

• Richard Cherry

  

  Aired the week of 12/7/2011 - Show #1149

  Richard founded the nonprofit Community Environmental Center (CEC) in New York City, in 1994. He wanted to address the housing and energy efficiency needs of low- and middle-income communities and improve the dwellings of the city's residents, and at the same time benefit the… More