While I have two full scrapbooks of Tenderness Tour related press releases and news clippings, this page will host available videos of speaking appearances, web-based media clips and other related information.
Tenderness Tour Awards & Recognition
May 7, 2023- Inducted into Pike High School Alumni Hall of Fame
2022 - Richard received Yelp Indy's "Veteran Award."
2021 - Richard received Yelp Indy's "Review of the Year" Award
2020 - Richard received Yelp Indy's "Complimenter of the Year" Award
2020 - Richard received the Jefferson Award for Community Service on 8/25/2020
2019 - Richard voted runner-up in Indy Star's "Best Things in 2019" in category of "Best Human"
2018 - Richard receives Certificate of Appreciation from Eagle Creek Folk Festival for serving as songwriting judge.
April 14, 2016 - Richard receives Certificate of Appreciation, National Crime Victims' Rights Week
2016 - Richard and Tenderness Tour volunteer Kenny Emmans receive plaques from Legacy House
2016 - Richard receives honorary wall marker inside Courtyard by Marriott in Muncie, IN for his Tenderness Tour benefitting Erskine Green Training Institute
January 16, 2015 - Richard is recipient of "Champions of Diversity Award" from Indiana Minority Business Magazine
October 7, 2009 - Terre Haute, IN Mayor declares the day "Tenderness Tour Day" in Terre Haute
April 18, 2007 - Named one of inaugural "Indiana Heroes" by Indiana Pacers
December 7, 2004 - Richard receives $2,500 prize from Indianapolis Colts as part of their Community Quarterback Awards and is runner-up for the $10,000 top prize. Richard donated 100% of the prize money to charities globally.
September 20, 2004 - Richard receives "Mayor's Community Service Award" from Indianapolis Mayor Bart Peterson and has a paver permanently installed on Community Service Plaza in Indianapolis
May 30, 2004 - Richard receives "Certificate of Appreciation" from MISS Foundation
2004 - Richard receives Prevent Child Abuse America's highest honor, the Donna J. Stone Award
August 5-19, 2001 - Declared "Tenderness Tour Days" by New Albany, IN Mayor Regina Overton
January 26, 2000 - Richard receives WRTV-6 Leadership Award
2000 - Richard named "Sagamore of the Wabash" by Indiana Governor Frank O'Bannon
1999 - Richard is recipient of "B.E.A.T." Award from Bainbridge Elementary School
1998 - Richard receives "Service to Mankind Award" from Sertoma International
1997 - Richard receives plaque from Prevent Child Abuse Indiana
July 2, 1996 - Richard is recipient of "Key to the City" of East Chicago from Mayor Robert Pastrick
April 28, 1995 - Outstanding Leadership Award from Prevent Child Abuse Indiana
May 1, 1994 - Richard receives "Community Service Award" from Martin University
August 19, 1993 - Richard commissioned a Kentucky Colonel by Kentucky Governor Brereton G. Jones
August 10, 1993 - Richard receives "Certificate of Recognition" and "Key to the City" from City of Franklin, Indiana
February 27, 1992 - Richard receives "Citation for Outstanding Service" from Family Service Association of Central Indiana
December 27, 1991 - Richard receives "Distinguished Service Award" from East Chicago Mayor Robert Pastrick
June 26, 1991 - Richard receives "Certificate of Achievement" from Gary, IN Mayor Thomas Barnes
November 18, 1989 - Richard receives "Friend of the Child" Award from Prevent Child Abuse Indiana
Date Unknown - Richard receives "Key to the City" of Frankfort, Indiana from Mayor Harold Woodruff
Date Unknown - Richard receives "Key to the City" of Lebanon, Indiana
Date Unknown - Richard receives "Key to the City" of Huntington, Indiana
Date Unknown - Richard appointed Colonel in Army of the West by Town of Clarksville, Indiana
Date Unknown - Richard receives "Oustanding Community Volunteer Award" from Marion County Commission on Youth
Since 1989, Indianapolis activist Richard Propes has wheeled nearly 5,000 miles raising thousands of dollars in what he calls a grassroots effort to create a kinder, more inspired world through The Tenderness Tour. This is his story.
