Veteran Volunteers of the Year
The Veteran Volunteer of the Year Award honors those who have demonstrated outstanding service to veterans and military members in need. We know that our programs could not exist without our volunteers, and this award is a way to recognize that and honor those outstanding volunteers among our members who make things happen.
To be eligible for this award, the nominee must volunteer to serve veterans in their state. This can be through the Elks Voluntary Service (aka VAVS) program, as a Lodge Veterans Chair, as a State Veterans Chair, or in another capacity. All Elks members and their spouses are eligible for the award, as long as they are engaged in direct service to veterans and military members in need. A volunteer can only receive this award once. |
The Veteran Volunteers of the Year for 2023-2024 are David Hamalainen of Eveleth Lodge #1161 and Melanie Hamalainen aldso from Eveleth Lodge #1161! Congratulations to both for all of their efforts.
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Past Minnesota Elks State Association Veteran Volunteers of the Year
Congratulations to all the winners of Veterans Volunteers of the Year and all you do to support veterans!
Name
David Martin Johnson Bill Bailey Jim Huttner Jim Van Duyn Todd Tanhoff Rick Peterson Dave Seykora Jim Keller Loren Marsh Curt Schumacher Jerry Brown Richard Ledebuhr Fred Wilson Herman Wisneski Gerald Thiebault David Clemmens John Voth David Weibel Aaron Lundblad Thomas Kramin William Fitzgerald Stanley Scieszka Jillane Lawrence Stephen Stone Gerald Robison J. Edward Pearsall Philip Hansen |
Lodge
Duluth #133 Faribault #1166 Brainerd #615 Hopkins #2221 Brainerd #615 Mankato #225 Hopkins #2221 Owatonna #1395 Eveleth #1161 Worthington #2287 Rochester #1091 Owatonna #1395 Winona #327 International Falls #1599 Brainerd #615 Minneapolis #44 Stillwater #179 St Cloud #2843 Minneapolis #44 Bemidji #1052 Bemidji #1052 Rochester #1091 Hutchinson#2427 Minneapolis #44 Thief River Falls #1308 Duluth #133 Virginia #1003 Brandon, FL #813 |
Name
Stephanie Riegelman Cheri Johnson Edythe Larimer Sue Huttner Ruth Mickelson Lisa Bishop Gretchen Peterson Virginia Van Sluis Bonnie Keller Vickie Tremper -- Lottie Aslakson -- Patricia Presfield Rosemary Tedrick Tracy Rusinyak Lorrayne Dixon Dickie Voth Judy Kloster Emily Schillinger Vicki Trumble Dorothy Fitzgerald -- Ingrid Stinar Gwendolyn Skillings -- -- Verdelle Hansen |
Lodge
Red Wig #845 Faribault #1166 Winona #327 Hopkins #2221 Faribault #1166 Stillwater #179 Hopkins #2221 Faribault #1166 Eveleth #1161 Dakota County #2834 -- Red Wing #845 -- St Cloud #2843 Eveleth #1161 Minneapolis #44 Stillwater #179 -- -- Minneapolis #44 Hopkins #2221 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- |
Year
2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 2019-2020 2018-2019 2017-2018 2016-2017 2015-2016 2014-2015 2013-2014 2012-2013 2011-1012 2010-2011 2009-2010 2008-2009 2007-2008 2006-2007 2005-2006 2004-2005 2003-2004 2002-2003 2001-2002 2000-2001 1999-2000 1998-1999 1997-1998 1996-1997 1995-1996 |