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    • Scholarship Opportunities

About Pioneers

TelecomPioneers is a network of volunteers in Canada and the US who effect immediate, tangible change in local communities. Our network of volunteers donate over four million hours of volunteer time annually. We focus our efforts in five major areas: helping military families, protecting the environment, education, life enrichment and health and human services. We are looking for volunteers and donors who share our passion for answering the call of those in need, so we can strengthen our legacy of making a difference. 

Our Mission

Our Mission

Our Mission

Pioneers is a network of volunteers who effect immediate, tangible change in local communities.

Our Vision

Our Mission

Our Mission

To be recognized as a world-class leader in volunteerism. To be respected and valued by our members, strategic partners, global community and our industry. We are committed to the diversity and growth of our members and strategic partners in improving the quality of life in our communities.

Our Values

Our Mission

Our Values

 We embrace members with different backgrounds, skills, and beliefs, because we know fresh ideas and unique viewpoints are necessary to meet the current and future needs of the people we serve. 

Our History

The Pioneers legacy is long and inspiring. It all began in 1911 with just 734 members (including Alexander Graham Bell). In the beginning, friendship and fellowship were what it was all about. Industry people recalling the facts, traditions, and memories of the early history of the telephone. But those who wrote the original Pioneers purpose were forward thinking in adding that it would also encourage "such other meritorious objects consistent with the foregoing as may be desirable." That became what would make the Pioneers different from other industry groups. 


One of those "meritorious objects" translated into community service. Chapters, councils and clubs began their own initiatives, mostly working with children's groups. By 1958, community service was established as the Pioneers' "New Tradition". Today, the organization is the world's largest group of industry-specific employees and retirees dedicated to community service. Pioneers volunteer more than millions of hours annually responding to the individual needs of their communities.

Through good times, as well as demanding challenges, the spirit of service, the very hallmark of our industry, shines brightly within Pioneers and their good deeds. It is our tradition and it is our future.


Hal Burlingame, Past President

Pioneers Timeline

Fellowship is at the heart of Pioneering

Fellowship is at the heart of Pioneering

Telephone Pioneers of America was founded in Boston at a meeting at the Somerset Hotel.

Fellowship is at the heart of Pioneering

Fellowship is at the heart of Pioneering

Fellowship is at the heart of Pioneering

In the beginning, friendship and fellowship were what it was all about. 

Angus Macdonald, The Spirit of Service

Fellowship is at the heart of Pioneering

Angus Macdonald, The Spirit of Service

The Pioneers love this painting as it so aptly embodies the group’s mission, vision and values.

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8547 East Arapahoe Road, Unit J-312
Greenwood Village, CO 80112
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