Governor's Volunteer Stars Awards

GVSA Announces 2024 Celebration

The Governor's Volunteer Stars Awards (GVSA) is an initiative from Volunteer Tennessee that seeks to recognize outstanding volunteers from each of Tennessee's 95 counties.  Now in its 16th year, participating counties conduct a call for nominations and recognize one outstanding youth and one outstanding adult volunteer.   The Governor’s Volunteer Stars Awards also recognizes one business and one non-profit from each of Tennessee’s three Grand Regions for their outstanding community involvement and service. 

Get Involved 

The GVSA provides an opportunity for individuals and organizations to support service in the state and Tennessee's volunteers through any of the the following:

  • Find your County Coordinator in our GVSA Directory and nominate a volunteer! 
  • Nominate a Business or Nonprofit that has impacted your community through their volunteer efforts. The deadline to submit a nomination for the Business and Nonprofit categories is December 8, 2023.
  • Become a County Coordinator and facilitate the local nomination process. 
  • Subscribe to our newsletter to learn about more opportunities as they arise.

County Coordinators Still Needed

If your county is listed here, no one has volunteered to coordinate your county's effort. To make sure your county's Volunteer Stars are recognized, please email volunteer.tennessee@tn.gov today!

Bradley                      Hamblen                  Pickett

Chester                      Hardin                       Polk

Decatur                     Henry                        Smith

DeKalb                       Lake                          Van Buren

Dyer                             Meigs                       Warren

                                                        

                                                                


Governor's Volunteer Stars Awards Honorees and Ceremonies

Those named a 2022 Governor's Volunteer Star gathered in Franklin, TN on April 2, 2023 to honor and celebrate volunteerism in Tennessee.  You can view the awards ceremony here.  You can view photos from the awards ceremony by clicking one of the links below.

Honorees

Speakers

General

Those named a 2021 Governor's Volunteer Star gathered in Franklin, TN on February 13, 2022 to honor and celebrate volunteerism in Tennessee.  You can view the awards ceremony here.  You can view photos from the awards ceremony by clicking one of the links below.

Those named a 2020 Governor's Volunteer Star were celebrated through virtual ceremonies that premiered on February 7, 2021 to honor and celebrate volunteerism in Tennessee.

Honorees

Those named a 2019 Governor's Volunteer Star gathered in Franklin, TN on February 9, 2020 to honor and celebrate volunteerism in Tennessee.

Those named a 2018 Governor's Volunteer Star gathered in Franklin, TN on February 10, 2019 to honor and celebrate volunteerism in Tennessee.

Those named a 2017 Governor's Volunteer Star gathered in Franklin, TN on March 11, 2018 to honor and celebrate volunteerism in Tennessee.