“The President’s Council on Service and Civic
Participation (the Council) was established in 2003 to recognize the
valuable contributions volunteers are making in our communities and
encourage more people to serve.
The Council created the President’s Volunteer Service Award
program as a way to thank and honor Americans who, by their
demonstrated commitment and example, inspire others to engage in
volunteer service.”
Quoted from the Corporation for
National and Community Service (www.presidentialserviceawards.gov)
There
are four levels of recognition (the first three are at a yearly
level):
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Bronze
Kids: 50 to 74 hours
Young Adults: 100 to 174
hours
Adults: 100 to 249 hours
Family & Groups: 200 to 499
hours
Silver
Kids: 75 to 99 hours
Young Adults: 175 to 249
hours
Adults: 250 to 499 hours
Family & Groups: 500 to 999
hours
Gold
Kids: 100 hours or more
Young Adults: 250 hours
or more
Adults: 500 hours or more
Family & Groups: 1000 hours
or more
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Lifetime “Presidents Call to Service Award”
4,000 hours or more of volunteer service (over a lifetime)
Since the programs inception our organization has
annually averaged over 20% of our membership qualifying for the
awards program.
In
addition, we have logged over 30,000 total volunteer hours for the
City and Police Department.
We have
four members that have received the Lifetime “Presidents Call to
Service Award”.
Al Simmenroth
J. R. Goad
Lou Baum
Vicki Baum
This number of
Lifetime awards is second only to the Department of Veterans Affairs
that has over 35,000 volunteers.
Thanks all,
for the great work for Euless.
