Caring Awards
From nominations submitted to the Foundation, the Board of Directors selects each year two individuals to receive Caring Awards at the Foundation's annual Caring Awards Dinner. One of the awardees must be a member of First Plymouth Congregational Church. Awardees are selected based upon the nature and extent of the services they have rendered to one or more charitable or non-profit organizations that seek to address the needs (usually social service) of the community. Unlike many non-profit dinner events, the Caring Awards Dinner is not a fund raising event. In recognition of an awardee's service to the community, the Foundation makes a gift to the non-profit organization of the awardee's choice.
Listed below are the names of the recipients of the Foundation's Caring Awards together with the names of the organizations selected by the awardees for a Foundation grant.
| 2010 | Marvin Buckels – Capital Hill Community Center Erna Butler – Bright Beginnings |
| 2009 | Marilou Taggart – Kentucky Circle Village D. Todd Clough – Denver Inner City Parish |
| 2008 | Claudia Merthan – Family Homestead Dick Saunders – Colorado Uplift |
| 2007 | Stan Harwood – Habitat for Humanity Jean C. Jones – Girl Scouts |
| 2006 | Alice Freeman – Listening Post Deborah Dale Brackney – American Red Cross |
| 2005 | Dr. Kenneth Hovland – Denver Inner City Parish Vivian Wilson – Baptist Excel Institute |
| 2004 | Dr. Berkeley Rich – Housing Justice Lisa C. Flores – Denver Inner City Parish |
| 2003 | Anne L. White – Metro CareRing Dr. Gary B. VanderArk – Doctors Care |
| 2002 | Caroline Stafford “Judy” Crossland – Guiding Eyes for the Blind Gary J. DeFrange – National Sports Center for the Disabled Stuart C. Haskins – First Plymouth Foundation |
| 2001 | Eleanor and Robert Colwell – Youth Choir David Nestor – Jeffco Action Center |
| 2000 | Ann Lane – Kentucky Circle Homes Robert (Bud) Knight – Boy Scouts of America |
| 1999 | Janet Hartley Humphreys – Parkinson Association of the Rockies Rita Lenz – Project Open Hearts |
| 1998 | Elizabeth and William Eha – La Foret Conference & Retreat Center Adoree Blair – Foster Parent Association |
| 1997 | Phyllis & Daniel Porter – Denver Inner City Parish Elizabeth Horn – Metro CareRing |
| 1996 | James Vandermiller – Multiple Sclerosis Society Emanual Martinez – Youth Programs |
| 1995 | Carolyn & Fred Wuthrich – Metro CareRing Dr. Frank McGlone – Johnson Clinic |
| 1994 | Katherine Haskins – Denver Inner City Parish David Beachy – Inter-Faith Task Force |
| 1993 | Ruth Neil – Caring Center Dr. Paul Hamilton – QuaLife Foundation |
| 1992 | Charles and Louise Willis – Partners in Mission Mabel Barth – The Listening Post |
| 1991 | Harris Cohn – Swedish Medical Center Foundation Angela Alexis – Assistance League |
