The Jim Kilroy Outstanding Outreach & Inclusion Award is presented to an individual or program that has made notable contributions to promote public access sailing by finding and including people in the their program that would normally have no access to sailing.
The Jim Kilroy Outstanding Outreach & Inclusion Award, named in honor of Mr. John B. “Jim” Kilroy, Sr., is given to an individual or program that has made notable contributions to creating a welcoming environment and including their community in their programs.
Previous Award Recipients
- 2023 – Community Sailing New Orleans (New Orleans, LA)
- 2022 – Don Rotzien (New York, NY)
- 2021 – Owen Milne (Burlington, VT)
- 2020 – PYC Satori Foundation (Pensacola, FL)
- 2019 – Alicia Martorella Poole (Bronx, NY)
- 2018 – New England Science & Sailing (Stonington, CT)
- 2017 – Andrew Alletag (Boston, MA)
- 2016 – Treasure Island Sailing Center (San Francisco, CA)
- 2015 – Rocking the Boat (Bronx, NY)
- 2014 – Nantucket Community Sailing (Nantucket, MA)
- 2013 – Caitlin Ridgely, Piers Park Sailing Ctr.
- 2012 – Ross Webb, Edison Sailing Center
- 2011 – Rincon Sailing
- 2010 – Marine del Rey Comm. Boating Council & Community Boating-Boston
- 2009 – Diversification Sailing Program
- 2008 – Milwaukee Community Sailing Center
- 2007 – Community Boating-Boston
- 2006 – OCSC Sailing
- 2005 – Community Boating Ctr., New Bedford
- 2004 – Challenged America
- 2003 – Britt Price & Andrea Stringos, Coconut Grove Sailing Center
- 2002 – Steve Gross, Downtown Sailing Center