The National Exchange Club's longest-running project, The Book of Golden Deeds award, originated in Indiana and recognizes dedicated volunteers who give endless hours of their time and talents to make their communities better places to live.
Previous Award Recipients
1957 Neil Weaver
1958 W. Lawrence Miller
1959 Frank Sullivan
1960 Montana Grinstead
1962 Harold Murphy
1963 Herman B. Wells
1964 Ralph Mills
1967 Ralph Johnson
1969 Sylvia Jenkin (White)
1971 Thomas O. Middleton
1972 Harry Day
1973 Henrietta Thornton
1974 Thornton Stone
1975 Merrill B. McFall
1976 Joseph Walker
1977 Haldor & Catherin Palmer
1978 Elizabeth Bridgewaters
1979 Joan Burton
1980 Dan Bynum
1981 Lee & Rosie Smith
1982 Mildred Stoute
1983 Henry Hammon
1984 Avis Rector
1985 Ralph Deckard
1986 Ruth Wentworth
1988 Robert Norris
1989 Carrie Bonnette
1990 Ina Barnes
1992 Wendell Brinson
1993 Becky Hrisomalos
1994 Ernest Butler
1995 Wilbert & Maxine Williams
1996 Morris Brinkley
1997 Thornton Damon
1998 Charles White
1999 Louise Anne Owens
2000 Helen Freeman
2001 Viola Taliaferro
2002 Doris Brineman
2003 Bud & Peg Howard
2004 Joan Olcott
2005 Tony Pizzo
2006 Mary Lee Deckard
2007 Geneva Stevens
2008 Kenneth Gros Louis
2009 John Tilford
2010 Dr. D. Tony Kenworthy
2011 Ann St. John
2012 Jenny Tracy
2013 Patricia Doyle
2014 Judy Lucas
2015 Mike Pate
2016 Chris Hoak
2017 Opportunity House (all 65 volunteers)
2022 Jaimie Schwartzman
2024 Brian and Joy Dorsey
