“The Upper Austrian Volunteer Award recognizes the achievements of the many honorary functionaries of the 2,500 sports clubs in Upper Austria,” says Sports Provincial Councilor Markus Achleitner (VP).
A total of 16 district winners will be selected from the nominees via online voting – each of them will receive prize money of 1000 euros. Three state winners will then be chosen from their ranks – 1000, 500 and 250 euros are waiting for them again.
The nomination is already in progress, entries are possible here. The winners of the previous year are excluded from participation, otherwise the competition is open to all 200,000 people who volunteer in Upper Austria’s sports clubs.
Nominations are possible until August 26th. From August 31st you can vote for your favorites every day, the voting runs until September 25th. “The good souls of sport usually don’t get the platform they deserve. So I’m pleased that we can now bring them back in front of the curtain,” says Markus Achleitner.
Source: Nachrichten
