On June 18, 2019, in Washington, D.C., Wayne was named one of five national winners of the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Award for Public Service Benefitting Local Communities.
In April 2019, Wayne was selected to be the Channel27 WKOW representative for south Wisconsin for the National Jefferson Awards event.
On March 27, 2019, My wife and I were co-winners of the United Way of Dane County Volunteer Services Lifetime Achievement Award. Buckets received a $1000 check from United Way as a result.