The First Yes Award. A free garage door for a neighbor.

One complete garage door system. Installed free, for a neighbor who earned it.

Nominations closed October 4, 2026. We are reading them now.

Where it stands

Thank you to everybody who put a name in.

Somebody said yes first.

Our first contract was for eighty-five hundred dollars. A stranger hired us in another town, more than ten years ago, back when Kooler was a guy with a truck and a standard he could not yet prove.

They had no reason to say yes. There was no reputation to check, no wall of reviews, no crew. There was a handshake and a promise about how the work would be done. They took the chance anyway.

Everything Kooler has become traces back to that one decision. Every Kraftsman who wears the name, every door we have hung on the Western Slope that closes quiet and safe, every guarantee we stand behind. All of it stands on a stranger deciding to believe somebody before he had earned it.

That is what this award is named for. Not a person and not a slogan. The moment somebody backs a neighbor before the neighbor has proved a thing. It is the thing this valley does better than anywhere else we have worked.

So this year we are giving away one complete garage door system (up to that same eighty-five hundred, same handshake) to honor a neighbor who has given this valley more than they were ever paid for.

Not the person who needs it most. The person who gave the most. This honors contribution, not hardship. You know who they are.

Other companies fix doors. We restore certainty.

Nominations closed

Thank you for the names you sent us.

Nominations for The First Yes Award closed October 4, 2026 at 11:59 PM Mountain Time. Every one of them gets read by a person here.

If you are landing on this page now, here is what it is. One complete garage door system, professionally installed, up to $8,500 — the same eighty-five hundred a stranger put on the line for Kooler more than ten years ago, before there was a reputation to check. It goes to a Western Slope neighbor who gave this valley more than they were ever paid for. Not the person who needs it most. The person who gave the most.

We are reading them now. Everybody who put a name in hears from us either way. If the neighbor they named is the one, we ask that neighbor's permission before we say the name anywhere. Every other name and story stays with us.

And we are doing this again. The First Yes Award comes back around, so keep that neighbor in mind.

Watch this page for it, or call us any time at 970-816-6052.

We Got You.

The short version

There is no catch. We are giving away a garage door system. Here is the whole thing in four lines.

What it is. One complete garage door system, professionally installed by us, up to a total value of $8,500. Not cash, and we don't swap it for something else. If somebody wants to go bigger than that, the difference is theirs.
Who it can go to. A homeowner on the Western Slope, inside the area we serve. Anyone can nominate someone, just not yourself, and not anybody who works at Kooler or their families.
How it gets decided. Nominations closed October 4, 2026 at 11:59 PM Mountain Time. We read every one and we choose. If your nominee is chosen, we ask their permission before we say their name anywhere. Everyone else's name and story stay with us. If something outside our control forces us to change the timing, we will say so right here on this page.
The tax part. A prize this size counts as income, so the taxes are the recipient's and a Form 1099 goes out where the law requires one. That part isn't ours to waive.

Sponsored by Kooler Homes LLC, doing business as Kooler Garage Doors. Facebook, Instagram and Meta don't sponsor, endorse or run the First Yes Award and aren't associated with it, and by nominating someone or accepting the award, you release them from any responsibility for it.

Questions? Call us at 970-816-6052.