Volunteer award
The volunteer award is a prize awarded by the Swiss Charitable Society (SGG). It was awarded for the first time in 2010 to mark the 200th anniversary of the donors' association and is intended to «promote the voluntary commitment of citizens and make them publicly visible». The prize is endowed with CHF 100,000 and is awarded annually; The prerequisite for the award of the prize is a concept about the use of the prize money.
The jury
- Peter Bucher, president of the jury and member of the central commission of the SGG
- Niklaus Merz, Society for the Good and Non-Profit Basel (GGG)
- Maria Luisa Zürcher, Swiss Association of Municipalities
- Doris Lüscher, board member of SGG
- Hans Hollenstein , District President of the Canton of Zurich
- Ulrich Pfister, President of the Non-Profit Society of the Canton of Zurich (GGKZ)
Award winners
- 2010: Little table set yourself
- 2011: “Hospice Service St. Gallen”, “Die Chance” foundation and “IG Schloss Dottenwil Wittenbach”
- 2012: Swiss hiking trails
- 2013: AGIS
Web links
- SSG website
- Media release on the first award (PDF file; 43 kB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ AGIS wins SGG volunteer award worth CHF 100,000. (No longer available online.) In: de.nachrichten.yahoo.com. June 6, 2013, archived from the original on August 17, 2016 ; accessed on August 18, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.