Minoru Yasui Community Volunteer Award Committee

Please support an amazing cause: the Minoru Yasui Community Volunteer Award.

Volunteers are the heart of our community and are a precious resource to nonprofit organizations. The vital work of volunteers throughout the Denver metropolitan community is recognized through the Minoru Yasui Community Volunteer Award.

This award is important. The history and the contributions of Minoru Yasui in recognizing volunteerism are important. Minoru Yasui was most well-known for his courageous stand against military orders that resulted in the forced removal and imprisonment of over 110,000 persons of Japanese ancestry during World War II, but his entire life was committed to the defense of human and civil rights, and justice for all. 

Mr. Yasui was a community leader dedicated to improving the quality of life for all people. Educated as an attorney, Minoru Yasui served as the Executive Director of the Denver Commission on Community Relations for 16 years and was a champion of civil rights. Mr. Yasui died in 1986.

The award, presented ten times a year, honors volunteers who make unique contributions to the community. The recipient receives a $2,000 cash award to designate to a nonprofit agency of their choice.

More than $1,000,000 has been awarded to 520 nonprofit organizations. Our goal is to keep the spirit of civic participation via volunteering alive in the Denver Metro, and we need your help!

Please help this award continue for years to come. Help us to celebrate those that make our community and our world a better place. Your contribution will make that happen! We are proud to be a fiscally-sponsored program of Spark the Change Colorado. All the donations from this page will support the Minoru Yasui Community Volunteer Award.

Read more below from the Denver Post for information on recent recipients of this prestigious award and the amazing difference these special volunteers have made in our community.

The Denver Post: Minoru Yasui Award Recipients