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Volunteer Awards

PROJECT C.U.R.E. owes its success to individual volunteers and groups of volunteers who devote thousands of hours every year to the organization's mission.

Barbara and Merl Jacobsen Award for Outstanding Volunteer of the Quarter

In honor of Barbara and Merl Jacobsen's contributions to the organization, PROJECT C.U.R.E. encourages individuals to nominate fellow volunteers for consideration for the Outstanding Volunteer of the Quarter award. The program was started in May 2009.

Download the nomination form.

Award Recipients
PROJECT C.U.R.E. Colorado March 1-May 31, 2009: Barb Youngberg June 1-August 31, 2009: Millie Truitt Sept. 1-Nov. 30, 2009: Carol Sibelius
Note: Award announcements pending for other C.U.R.E. Communities.

The Jacobsens' Story: PROJECT C.U.R.E. Becomes One Couple's Life's Work

		You would never guess in talking with Barbara Jacobsen that she was a reluctant first-time visitor to Africa 14 years ago. Her husband, Dr. Merl Jacobsen, a retired family practice physician, convinced her to travel to Africa with him as part of a medical delegation for PROJECT C.U.R.E. She was initially apprehensive of the primitive environment, but the experience proved to be life-transforming. Since that time, the couple has fully immersed themselves in the work of PROJECT C.U.R.E. ... Read the rest of their story.

Nominate someone you know for the Barbara and Merl Jacobsen Award for Outstanding Volunteer of the Quarter.