Golden Years Gala

Award Nominations

The Golden Years Gala recognizes older adults for outstanding volunteer service in Clay County. What a wonderful way to say “Thank You!” by nominating someone you know for their extraordinary efforts.

The 2025 categories are: Volunteer Senior Man of the Year, Volunteer Senior Woman of the Year, and Ernie Cohen Lifetime Achievement Award.

Older adults are important to the community. They are a generation of high values, strong work ethic, commitment, integrity, generosity and loyalty. Our nominates older adults show that true fulfillment is sharing their time and talents through serving.

Nominees must be at least 60 years of age and officially volunteer in Clay County, Florida.

Nominations are closed for this year.

Celebrating & Recognizing

Seniors are important to our community! We are fortunate to have a large number of incredible active older adults in Clay County that contribute their time and talents to help make our community a better place. It’s our honor to help celebrate them!

Join us at our 19^th annual Gala to celebrate Senior Adults for Outstanding Volunteer Service.

Gala location: Sullivan Hall, 1790 Highway 17, Fleming Island, 32003

Date: Wednesday, May 13, 2026
• Breakfast buffet served at 8:30 a.m
• Live & Silent Auction
• Awards Program follows

Buy a Ticket

We ask Clay County older adults and those involved in the 55+ community to nominate deserving individuals for our Golden Years Gala Service Awards in the following areas:

• Volunteer Woman of the Year
• Volunteer Man of the Year
• Ernie Cohen Lifetime Achievement

We are thankful to the business and personal sponsorships that underwrite this yearly event, which also helps SCOOP provide services to improve the quality of life of older adults through our award-winning educational programming and events.

Through our Adventures in Learning program and Social Activities, our nonprofit serves hundreds of older adults annually. Your partnership greatly assists this organization, as the demand and costs for older adult services continue to increase.

SCOOP also would like to thank the dozens of hard-working volunteers that help make this annual event a success. We couldn’t do it without you!

See pictures of the event and a list of our sponsors below!

Gala Sponsorship Opportunities