The Volunteer of the Year ( et, Aasta vabatahtlik) is a national award in

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for

volunteer work Volunteering is a voluntary act of an individual or group freely giving time and labor for community service. Many volunteers are specifically trained in the areas they work, such as medicine, education, or emergency rescue. Others serve ...

, established in 2005.Award info at the Estonian volunteerism website

2008

On December 7, 2008

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Toomas Hendrik Ilves Toomas Hendrik Ilves (; born 26 December 1953) is an Estonian politician who served as the fourth president of Estonia from 2006 until 2016. Ilves worked as a diplomat and journalist, and he was the leader of the Social Democratic Party in the ...

presented the award to the following 15 people:The 2008 Volunteer of Te Year award ceremony
(

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program archive) *Peeter Kuudu *Monika Rusing *Tõnis Puss *Aado Kuhlap *Maaja Glaser *Liis Lill *Helju Kukk *

Rainer Nõlvak Rainer Nõlvak (born September 28, 1966) is an Estonian entrepreneur and nature protector who is the chairman of the board of the Estonian Nature Fund. Rainer Nõlvak has advocated for the Estonian energy industry to move away from oil shale and ...

– for organizing

Let's Do It 2008 Let's do it 2008 ( et, Teeme ära 2008) was a large campaign on 3 May 2008, to activate civic society in Estonia in an effort to cleanup the country from litter. It was organized by Let's Do It! World. Preparation The litter pickup spots were m ...

* Uno Aan *

Üllar Saaremäe Üllar Saaremäe (born November 23, 1969) is an Estonian actor, director, politician, and punk band singer. Biography Üllar Saaremäe was born 23 November 1969 in Kohta-Järve. He has two children from his relationship with actress Tiina Mäl ...

– for organizing Estonian Punk Song Festival *

Urve Uusberg Urve Uusberg (born Urve Piho; 5 January 1953) is an Estonian conductor and psychologist who founded and conducted the choir studio Riinimanda. Uusberg was born in Tartu. She graduated from the Tallinn Pedagogical Institute with a degree in choir ...

*Aune Suve *

Andres Luure Andres Luure (born 22 May 1959, in Tallinn) is an Estonian philosopher and translator, and a researcher at Tallinn University. Luure graduated from the Moscow State University in 1983, majoring in mathematics. In 1998, he successfully defended ...

– for his contributions to

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*Helo Meigas *

Ahti Heinla Ahti Heinla (born 2 May 1972) is an Estonian computer programmer and businessman. He is one of the developers of Skype. He was also an organizer of Let's Do It 2008, a civic action with 50,000 volunteers participating in cleaning up the country ...

– for organizing

During the ceremony the rock group

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played four of their songs: "Osa minust", "Romula", "See ei ole saladus", and "Tahan ärgata üles".

References

{{Reflist Estonian awards Volunteering Awards established in 2005 2005 establishments in Estonia