The Beacon Awards are designed to honor excellence in Permian Basin nonprofit organizations by recognizing volunteers and staff of the local nonprofit sector. In addition to the award, the nominating organization will receive $1,000.
The Judge Pat Baskin Family and W.D. Noël Volunteer of the Year Awards are intended to increase awareness of the importance of volunteering in our community. The awards recognize volunteers who give assistance to the community and receive no remuneration for their efforts. The Judge Pat Baskin Family Volunteer of the Year Award is designed to acknowledge volunteers who are residents of Midland County and the W.D. Noël Volunteer of the Year Award acknowledges Ector County residents. Both awards recognize an adult and youth volunteer in each community.
2024 Beacon Award Nominees
Excellence in Governing Board Leadership (Board Member)
Randy Ham - Ector County Library
Bernadette Ostroff - APS Advisory Board of the Permian Basin
Lauryn Hendrix - Midland Shared Spaces (MSS)
Sandra Candia - Permian Basin Be The Change
Excellence in Organizational Leadership (CEO or Executive Director)
Chelsey Rogers - High Sky Children's Ranch
Carrie Bronaugh - Harmony Home
Kara Evenson-Dorethy - Family Promise of Odessa
Tina Gillihan - Basin Dream Center for Orphans
Craig Stoker - Meals on Wheels
Crissy Medina - Odessa Family YMCA
Kari Hennagin - United Way of Midland
Jainah Clark - Teen F.L.O.W. Youth Ministry
Dr. Kimberly Leftwich - Medical Center Hospital
Donny Kyker - Jesus House Odessa
Program Excellence
SHARE Family Support Program - SHARE
Basin Pride - Pride Center West Texas
Home Delivered Meals Program - Meals on Wheels of Odessa
CISPB Mental Health Program - Communities in Schools of the Permian Basin
Monahans Chamber of Commerce Women's Goodwill Program Division - Monahans Chamber of Commerce
JA Personal Finance - Junior Achievement of the Permian Basin
MSS IT Services - Midland Shared Spaces (MSS)
Excellence in Communication
Downtown Odessa, Inc. & Odessa Arts - First Fridays
Excellence in Collaboration
Club Read Initiative - United Way of Midland, Boys and Girls Club, Casa De Amigos, Opportunity Tribe
State of Nonprofits Podcast - MSS
The Midland Collage Foundation Phyllis and Bob Cowan Performing Arts Series Presents Amos Lee Performing with the West Texas Symphony - Midland College Foundation / West Texas Symphony
American Red Cross Serving the Permian Basin and Meals on Wheels of Odessa Sound the Alarm
Judge Pat Baskin Family Volunteer of the Year Award
Youth:
Midland High School Football
Team Young Women’s Leadership Academy Students in Philanthropy
Micah Jungman - Safe Place of the Permian Basin
Alyna Yharte - Midland Teen Court
Adult:
Brandy Wrangam - Midland Teen Court
Casey Daley - Boys & Girls Clubs of the Permian Basin
Denise Malm - Boys & Girls Clubs of the Permian Basin
Liz Cole - Midland Rape Crisis and Children’s Advocacy Center
W.D. Noël Volunteer of the Year Award
Youth:
Shiloh Wyse - Meals on Wheels Odessa
Adult:
Aaron Gomez - American Red Cross Serving the Permian Basin
Deborah McDavid - CASA of the Permian Basin, Inc.
Anthony Bolton - Boys & Girls Club of the Permian Basin
