KSAX Eyewitness News is proud to team up with the Jefferson Awards to recognize volunteers in your community. Select the following to find out more about the Jefferson awards and Junior Jefferson Award or visit the Jefferson Awards website to learn more about this honor. 

2011 Jefferson Award Nominees

Top Six Finalists

Don Williams - Clinton, MN

Jan Arneson - Glenwood, MN

Loni Kjos - Alexandria, MN

Marlyn Beaudine - St. Cloud, MN

Jeffrey Dreier - Elbow Lake, MN

Marilyn Pattison - Elbow Lake, MN

2011 Jefferson Award Nominees
Janis Hillstrom - Menahga, MN
Mary Beth Potts - Wheaton, MN
May Lou Smith - Appleton, MN
Harold Wells - Alexandria, MN
Shirley Hart - Miltona, MN
Darin Raquse - Nashua, MN
Keith Doueherty - Alexandria, MN
Bud & Nancy Anderson - Alexandria, MN
Henry Domek - Alexandria, MN
Elaine Scrage - Alexandria, MN
William "Rock" Anderson - Alexandria, MN
Bill Musel - Baxter, MN
Mary Anderson - Alexandria, MN
Ruth Stroschein - Little Falls, MN
Judy Meyer - Alexandria, MN
Jan Venzke - Wadena, MN
Tad Hoskins - Brainerd, MN
Chris Poshek - Glenwood, MN
Ruth Plaster - Brandon, MN
David Schonrock - Baxter, MN
Steve Hanson - Pine River, MN
The Mustard Seed Three - Alexandria, MN
Phyllis Torgrimson - Dalton, MN
Michael Ranweiler - Brandon, MN

Jefferson Awards History

In 1972, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, U.S. Senator Robert Taft Jr., and Sam Beard founded the American Institute for Public Service, a 501c3 public foundation, to establish a Nobel Prize for public and community service-The Jefferson Awards...