Nominations open August 22 for the 2024 Volunteer Community of the Year Awards, Engage Arkansas has announced. The deadline to nominate cities and towns for the award is October 22. This year marks the 42nd anniversary of the annual award that recognizes Arkansas municipalities—rather than individual volunteers or nonprofits—that seek to address the community’s greatest needs through the engagement of citizens.

The Arkansas Volunteer Community of the Year Awards is co-sponsored by the Governor’s Advisory Commission on National Service and Volunteerism and the Arkansas Municipal League. A panel of judges composed of distinguished citizens from across the state meets to review each nomination and select the award recipients. The winning communities will be notified in December and celebrated at the League’s Winter Conference in January 2025. Winners also receive two street signs, donated by the Arkansas Highway Commission, that designate them as a Volunteer Community of the Year for the specified year.

To learn about the award criteria and to nominate a community, please visit Engage Arkansas.