National Volunteer Week takes place from April 27 – May 3, 2025, as organizations across the country celebrate those who generously donate their time and talents to their communities and for causes close to their heart.
The National Volunteer Week theme for 2025 is Volunteers Make Waves. In the words of Volunteer Canada this theme: Highlights the power, impact and importance of individual and collective volunteer efforts across Canada. Like a wave, volunteering is movement building.
Water is in constant motion, always flowing, shifting, and transforming with every powerful wave or quiet ripple. And so is each volunteer’s contribution toward creating impact in our communities.
Each individual volunteer contribution, big or small, creates momentum and has the power to influence and inspire, joining a wave of positive change.
This theme resonates throughout the story of Breakthrough T1D. We were founded by a group of devoted parents determined to find a cure for their children living with type 1 diabetes (T1D), and through their contributions, momentum continued to grow, creating tremendous progress in improving everyday life with T1d and bringing us ever closer to cures for this disease.
For the past three years, it has been our honour and privilege to celebrate our amazing volunteers and their support of the T1D community through our Annual Volunteer Awards.
In 2024 we were thrilled to recognize individuals, volunteer committees and corporate organizations who have demonstrated incredible commitment, devotion and heart in supporting our collective goal of a world one day free from T1D.
Our volunteers are the foundation of everything we do, and we are thrilled to share with you the 2024 Breakthrough T1D Canada Volunteer Award Winners.
Congratulations to all our Award Winners. To read more about them, please visit: https://www.flipsnack.com/jdrfaccelerate/nvw_2025_flipsnack_en/full-view.html
2024 Breakthrough T1D Canada Volunteer Awards
Peter Oliver Award for Volunteer Impact
National Volunteer of the Year
National Committee of the Year
National Advocate of the Year
National Fundraising Volunteer of the Year
National Corporate Partner of the Year
- Ford Windsor Operations Team
- Elizabeth-Anne Byrne
- Bryan Hollister
National Rookie Volunteer of the Year
- Guelph Organizing Committee for Walk
- Taleigh Deane
- Ava Hornung
- Katie O’Carroll
National Youth Leader of the Year
Local Impact: Community Volunteers of the Year
- Thunder Bay Organizing Committee for Walk
- Andrea Cowie
- Cathryn McFarlane
- Rob Shull
- Andrea Mosquera
- Shannon Vreeland
- Kim Rutzki
- Gwen Tran
Local Impact: Ambassador of the Year
Local Impact: Business Partner of the Year
