In celebration of Annual Meeting of the Winston-Salem Ambassadors, nominations for the Everyday Awards are accepted each year. Nominations for this year are closed – look for nominations to open next in February of 2026.
The Everyday Awards celebrate our neighbors, friends and colleagues in Winston-Salem who work tirelessly, day in and day out to make our city a better place. These Everyday heroes do not seek recognition, but nonetheless make Winston-Salem better.
Everyday Award Winners are *usually* not your 40 Under 40, already-have-won-awards, won an award in the last five years type. Usually, these folks go unsung.
-Requirement for Nominees-
1) Live in the City of Winston-Salem OR Work in the City of Winston Salem
Nominations will be accepted through wsambassadors.org and the nominees will then be contacted afterwards to finish completion of their nomination. Nominees will be voted on by an impartial committee, made up of at least one Board of Advisors member and several community members at large. Nominations will be presented at the Ambassadors Annual Meeting.
* PREVIOUS WINNERS *
For 2017 –
Fay Horwitt | Jacinta White | Jake and Amy Easter | Joseph Hamby | Tabetha Childress |
For 2018 –
Kayla Pinger | Latasha Barr Lewis | Roberta King Latham | Jen Brown Oleniczak | Alyson Rorem
For 2019 –
Shalisha Morgan-Hicks | Jamie Lawson and Gray Smith | RJ Walker | Sarah Thompson | Tommy Priest | Dale Cole
For 2020 –
No Everyday Awards or Annual Meeting was held for 2020 due to the shutdown and safer at home orders caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, which at last count has killed over 6 million people.
For 2021 –
Philip ‘Opie’ Kirby | Anne Glenn | James Crowe | Danielle Bull | William ‘Cheech’ Herrera
For 2022 –
Art Vaughn | Kimberly Hinton-Robinson | Meagan Pruitt | Allan Younger | Tim Beeman | Salvador Patino | Amanda Baird | Magalie Yacinthe
For 2023-
Hasani Mitchell | Abby Catoe | Reagan P Mitchell | Phyllis Westerlund | Devin Lane | Carrie & Luke Dickey | Julie Fritz
For 2024- winners will be announced at the 2024 Annual Meeting on April 12th, 2025..
Tickets HERE for 2024 Annual Meeting! (Save the Date, April 12, 2025, 1:30pm at Salem Lake Marina)
Winston-Salem Ambassadors 