Welcome to the JOINHANDSDAY Awards center.

Excellence Awards
Ten awardees are selected from thousands of volunteer projects that develop youth and adult partnerships on JOINHANDSDAY. Each winning project receives a $1,000 check and an engraved glass award. Coordinating groups choose how the funds are used. Some organizations find it appropriate to donate the money to the beneficiary of the project or another benevolent cause. Others choose to save it as seed money for next year's event.

The Criteria
In selecting Excellence Award recipients, the most important consideration is the quality of the youth and adult partnership in planning and executing the event. Other criteria include the quality of the project to the neighborhood or to persons in need and the effectiveness of the mobilization group.

The Deadline
To be considered for the 2008 JOINHANDSDAY Excellence Awards, project organizers must post-event register their project with JOINHANDSDAY by Tuesday, June 3.

To view past Excellence Award winners, click on a year from the list below: