Trades Nomination

Juniper Award for
Trades

Now accepting 2025 Nominations

The Juniper Award for Trades recognizes the essential work tradespeople do for our community, and the financial costs that accompany both learning and performing a trade. Monetary assistance allows space for tradespeople to be imaginative, fearless, and committed to their work with less financial burden.

Remember: this nomination is our only insight into your nominee; we do no external research! Please take the time to ensure your nomination accurately and compellingly describes your nominee, and directly refers to the ways they demonstrate commitment, fearlessness, and imagination.

Your First Name

Your email

Your Last Name

Your Phone Number

Nominee's Age (must be at least 17 years old, or an incoming high school Senior)

Nominee's Ethnicity

Nominee's Full Name

Demographic information is only used for data collection and reporting purposes and will never be used to influence the decision making process.

Nominee's email address or phone number

Please tell us why your nominee deserves this award by sharing how their work and/or their approach to their work reflects the words "commitment," "imagination" and "fearlessness." You must refer to these three words in your nomination.

Please share how your nominee might benefit from this award in support of their dreams, goals or vision.

Before submitting, please ensure your nomination adheres to our selection criteria.

Thank you for your nomination!

Jeff's 'Why'

"I feel lucky to have studied literature at a small liberal arts college, but I feel equally lucky to have worked in various trades my whole life, making friends with and learning from others who did the same. As a kid, I earned nickels for digging, pruning, and planting in the garden; later, I cut and arranged flowers, and waxed and edged skis. In the summer, I stained facia from rooftops, and cooked, cleaned, and hauled supplies in Yosemite’s High Sierra camps. As an adult I built my own homes, leaning on the expertise of tradespeople who knew more than me. I have immense respect for people who work in the trades and would like to help more people find their way to meaningful work in these areas."

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