Estonian Volunteer of the Year
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The Volunteer of the Year is a national award in Estonia
for volunteer work, established in 2005.
Toomas Hendrik Ilves
presented the award to the following 15 persons:
During the ceremony the rock group Terminaator
played 4 of their songs: Osa minust, Romula, See ei ole saladus, and Tahan ärgata üles
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...
for volunteer work, established in 2005.
2008
On December 7, 2008 President of EstoniaPresident of Estonia
The President of the Republic is the head of state of the Republic of Estonia.Estonia is a parliamentary republic, therefore President is mainly a symbolic figure and holds no executive power. The President has to suspend his membership in any political party for his term in office...
Toomas Hendrik Ilves
Toomas Hendrik Ilves
Toomas Hendrik Ilves is the fourth and current President of Estonia. He is a former diplomat and journalist, was the leader of the Social Democratic Party in the 1990s and later a member of the European Parliament...
presented the award to the following 15 persons:
- Peeter Kuudu
- Monika Rusing
- Tõnis Puss
- Aado Kuhlap
- Maaja Glaser
- Liis Lill
- Helju Kukk
- Rainer NõlvakRainer NõlvakRainer Nõlvak is an Estonian entrepreneur and nature protector who isChairman of the board of Estonian Nature Fund.Rainer Nõlvak has advocated for the Estonian energy industry to move away from oil shaleand move towards renewable energy systems...
– for organizing Let's Do It 2008Let's Do It 2008Let's do it 2008 is the largest campaign to activate civic society in Estoniasince the Singing Revolution in 1988. The international campaign for cleaning all countries is called Let's do it world.... - Uno Aan
- Üllar SaaremäeÜllar SaaremäeÜllar Saaremäe is an Estonian actor, director and punk band singer. He was married to Tiina Mälberg and they have son Karl Robert and daughter Marii Ingriin....
– for organizing Estonian Punk Song FestivalEstonian Punk Song FestivalEstonian Punk Song Festival was an event, that took place on 7 July 2008 in Rakvere, where popular Estonian punk songs were performed by professional choirs.... - Urve Uusberg (et
- Aune Suve
- Andres LuureAndres LuureAndres Luure 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 his MA thesis titled "A combinatorial model of referring". In 2006, he successfully...
– for his contributions to Estonian WikipediaEstonian WikipediaThe Estonian Wikipedia is the Estonian version of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, started on 24 July 2002. On January 3, 2011 it had 81,064 articles. On December 7, 2008 Estonian Wikipedian Andres Luure was one of fifteen individuals recognized for volunteerism in Estonia for 2008. As of , it... - Helo Meigas (et)
- Ahti HeinlaAhti HeinlaAhti Heinla is Skype chief architect, investor and nature protector.He was an organizer of Let's Do It 2008, a civic action with 50,000 volunteers participating in cleaning up the countryside of Estonia in one day....
– for organizing Let's Do It 2008Let's Do It 2008Let's do it 2008 is the largest campaign to activate civic society in Estoniasince the Singing Revolution in 1988. The international campaign for cleaning all countries is called Let's do it world....
During the ceremony the rock group Terminaator
Terminaator
Terminaator is an Estonian rock group formed in 1987 by Jaagup Kreem in Tallinn 10. High School . Kreem was in the 7th grade then. The first public performance was in Tallinn 47. High School in the schoolbands' festival. The first time in the studio was in 1989. First songs "Charleen" and "Meeletu...
played 4 of their songs: Osa minust, Romula, See ei ole saladus, and Tahan ärgata üles