About the Awards
Honorees of the New Jersey State Governor’s Volunteerism Award achieve measurable community impact and represent outstanding acts of public service, without the expectation of recognition or compensations.
Recipients demonstrate unique vision, dedication and tenacity of heroic proportion and serve as inspiration for others.
Impact in Numbers
Honoree Profiles

Karen Demarco
Category: Founders/InnovatorsNominator: Nicole DeMarco What was their service? Karen DeMarco has helped to feed thousands, if not tens

JO-ANN HOFFMAN
Category: Volunteer LeadershipNominator: Eleanor Letcher What was their service? Jo-Ann is actively involved in Suicide Prevention, especially important

Siddhant Kumarapuram Ganapath
Category: Service through STEMNominator: Parul Aggarwal What was their service? Siddhant has committed himself to educating students about