These American roots were born before America

Serving to the hardest of hearts

DENVER - There has hardly been a moment in Ellen Snyder's 86 years when she hasn't held the title of volunteer. [ more... ]

Carol Kelly
MARCH 2010 WINNER

DENVER - Many life-long volunteers will spread their giving over a collection of efforts for a variety of organizations. For Carol Kelly, just one place has felt like home. [ more... ]

Roger Gudenkauf
FEBRUARY 2010 WINNER

WESTMINSTER - When it was clear in 2007 that two high schools would merge into one united Westminster High School, Roger Gudenkauf's heart began to ache. [ more... ]

Winnie Moss
JANUARY 2010 WINNER

GREENWOOD VILLAGE - She calls volunteering her destiny, and it has carried Winnie Moss through the past 40 years of her life. [ more... ]

Dave and Enid Steffen
DECEMBER 2009 WINNERS

MEEKER - Along the western slope, about halfway between Denver and Salt Lake City, you will find it: a place called Meeker. It will take you about four hours to get there if you take Interstate 70 west out of Denver. [ more... ]

Daryl Oliver
NOVEMBER 2009 WINNER

AURORA - They didn't know him as anything more than a tall, handsome stranger when Daryl Oliver walked through the halls of Laredo Middle School in Aurora two years ago. [ more... ]

Janet Smith
OCTOBER 2010 WINNER

PARKER - No one is ever prepared to hear they have been diagnosed with cancer, and it is not any easier for a family member. [ more... ]

Diana McQuarrie
SEPTEMBER 2009 WINNER

AURORA - You can't put it into many words, but "connection" just seems to fit. It's the bond that a human has to a dog, a cat, a horse or a turtle. [ more... ]