Forty-five special Quotarians from around the world have been selected by their club or district to receive the We Share Foundation's 2004 Volunteer of the Year Award. Each club determined its own criteria for nominating an outstanding Quotarian for this special honor: some focused on Quota-related service achievements, while others celebrated a spirit of volunteerism that their winner shared throughout her community.

Here now are the We Share Foundation's Honor Roll of Volunteers—members, selected by their peers, who embody the true spirit of volunteerism that makes our world a better place. To learn more about why each winner was chosen by their club, please click on the winners' name below.

Australia

June Dangar, QI of Armidale, New South Wales
Marcia Maybury, QI of Cessnock, New South Wales
Jan Irvine, QI of Forster/Tuncurry, New South Wales
Helen Rooke, QI of Gloucester, New South Wales
Joy Seiffert, QI of Redcliffe, Queensland
Dorothy Cox, QI of Ryde, New South Wales
Jeanette Holland, QI of Taree, New South Wales

Canada

Joan Jackman, QI of Barrie, Ontario
Diane Westcott, QI of Collingwood, Ontario
Lois Menu, QI of Orillia, Ontario
Judy Buzowetsky, QI of Weyburn, Saskatchewan
Jean Marshall, QI of Winnipeg, Manitoba

Curaçao

Melinda Rach-Verduyn Lunel, QI of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles

United States

Nancy Dube and Marsha Cohen, QI of Andover, Massachusetts
Amy Prejean, QI of Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Georgia Almond, QI of Bossier City, Louisiana
Janis Clyde, QI of Cambridge, Maryland
Eileen Freebairn, QI of Candlewood Valley, Connecticut
Tressa Youngbear, QI of Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Cheryl Harter, QI of Coral Springs/Parkland, Florida
Barbara and Pat Rogers, QI of Cupertino, California
Melissa Bidwell, QI of Fairbanks, Alaska
Melva Hess, QI of Fairmont, West Virginia
Eleanor Ray, QI of Greensboro, North Carolina
Bobbie Dickerson, QI of Kent Valley, Washington
Lorraine Habib and Jackie Ulbin, QI of Lawrence, Massachusetts
Mary Lyons, QI of Magnolia, Arkansas
Diane Bellemare, QI of Minneapolis, Minnesota
Cathy Morris, QI of Monroe, Louisiana
Mary Ann Mayer, QI of Monrovia-Duarte, California
Melba Williams-Swanson, QI of Mountain View/Los Altos, California
Jane Massey, QI of New Haven, Connecticut
Melanie Townsend, QI of Paris, Tennessee
Helen Bosse, QI of Raleigh, North Carolina
Jennifer Riser, QI of Ruston, Louisiana
June Gillespie, QI of Salisbury, Maryland
Chloe Fay, QI of Sand Springs, Oklahoma
Marilyn Kadzik, QI of Springfield, Massachusetts
Midge Greenburg, QI of Temple City, California
Carol Crandall, QI of Waterloo, Iowa
Susan Mullins, QI of West Memphis, Arkansas
Mary Oxenrider, QI of Wooster, Ohio
Thelma Alcorn, QI of York, Pennsylvania

• To learn how you can nominate a 2005 Volunteer of the Year, and to print a nomination form, click here.
  
  
• To meet 2003 Volunteers of the Year, click here.
  
  
• To meet 2002 Volunteers of the Year, click here.
  
  
• To meet 2001 Volunteers of the Year, click here.