Unsung Heroes Past Winners

Congratulations to all of our Voya Unsung Heroes winners. Each year, 50 finalists receive $2,000 while three of them are selected as Top Winners to receive additional grants of $25,000, $10,000, and $5,000. You can find winners for your state or for a specific year using the controls below.
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2007

Sylvia Hayes

New Haven, CT
Celentano Museum Academy

Tammie Schrader

Cheney, WA
Cheney Middle School

Tanya Cienfuegos-Baca

Wellington, CO
Rice Elementary School

Teresa Vore

Hamilton, MT
Hamilton Middle School

Thomas DiGiovanni

Clinton, NJ
Clinton Public School

Tina Cherry

Blountsville, AL
Susan Moore Elementary School

Toni Carmichael

Mundelein, IL
West Oak Middle School

Victor Johnson

Canton, OH
McGregor Elementary School

Victoria Caruana

Saint Petersburg, FL
Madeira Beach Middle School

Virginia Irvin

Lancaster, CA
Joe Walker Middle School

Walter Charuba

Grosse Pointe Farms, MI
Brownell Middle School

2006

Allison Villani

Portland, ME
Portland High School