As Pella Corporation marks 100 years, the company is spotlighting employees making a difference both inside and outside of the organization. The Pella Rolscreen Foundation named Zach Dupre the 2025 recipient of the Joan Kuyper Farver Spirit Award, granting $25,000 to the organization of his choice, The Chris Norton Foundation. Pella Corporation employees also surpassed their 20,000 volunteer-hour goal in this year’s $100,000 Volunteer Recognition Program Challenge, marking the highest volunteer hours since the program began in 2002. The Pella Rolscreen Foundation also presented the inaugural, Spirit Award Plant Winner, granting $25,000 to the Sioux Center team’s organization of choice. Nine additional finalists were each awarded $5,000 and 10 honorable mention recipients received $1,000 for their selected nonprofit organization.

The remaining nine finalists of the Joan Kuyper Spirit Award included:

Joel Bennett (spouse of team member Kristi Bennett), The Well Resource Center
Gina Champoux, Pay It Forward Christmas Charity
Kim Nedder (spouse of team member Kenny Nedder), South East Aquatics
Amy Nesbitt, Make-A-Wish Iowa
Emily Van Gent, Pella Community Food Shelf
Doug Van Gorkom (family member of team member Kim Doschadis), City of Pella Fire Department
Jaron Vos, Pathways of Pella
Catti Willenborg, Carroll SuperDraft
Josh Wood, Mid-Iowa Council of Boy Scouts of America, Pack 348