President's Volunteer Service Award
& Sanderson Volunteer Service Award
In 2003, the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation founded the President’s Volunteer Service Award to recognize the important role of volunteers in America’s strength and national identity. This award honors individuals whose service positively impacts communities in every corner of the nation and inspires those around them to take action, too. Led by the AmeriCorps and managed in partnership with Points of Light, this program allows Certifying Organizations to recognize their most exceptional volunteers.
Community outreach and improvement is the underlying intent of this award. A wide variety of volunteer service hours qualify, from environmental stewardship and education to disaster recovery, senior services, and sports and recreation. All activities must be unpaid and serve the larger community.
Students receive the President's Volunteer Service Award and the Sanderson High School Volunteer Service Award based on the number of hours served starting from April 16th through April 15th of the following year. The awards are designated based on cumulative hours of service during that twelve-month period.
The awards are offered on several levels. Students not qualifying for the PVSA may have enough hours to be awarded the Sanderson High School Volunteer Service Award which requires a minimum of 25 hours. Awards are based on the number of volunteer hours listed below:
Community outreach and improvement is the underlying intent of this award. A wide variety of volunteer service hours qualify, from environmental stewardship and education to disaster recovery, senior services, and sports and recreation. All activities must be unpaid and serve the larger community.
Students receive the President's Volunteer Service Award and the Sanderson High School Volunteer Service Award based on the number of hours served starting from April 16th through April 15th of the following year. The awards are designated based on cumulative hours of service during that twelve-month period.
The awards are offered on several levels. Students not qualifying for the PVSA may have enough hours to be awarded the Sanderson High School Volunteer Service Award which requires a minimum of 25 hours. Awards are based on the number of volunteer hours listed below:
SHS Volunteer Service AwardMinimum 25 hours
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Presidential Volunteer Service Award
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Students are required to complete the Record of Service Form with supervisor names and contact information for verification of hours volunteered. You may print copies as needed. Please make sure your cell phone number and email address are included on the Record of Service form as this is the only way the administrator can contact you if there are questions regarding your service/hours. Please note that the forms must be submitted by the student, not the parent.
Activities that count toward volunteer hours include:
Forms are due by 4/30/23. Please send scanned copies (not photos) to Julie Shannon at seminolejulie@gmail.com.
Activities that count toward volunteer hours include:
- SHS Student Council meetings and working hours
- Key Club and National Honor Society meetings and working hours
- Mission trip working hours
- Working hours for volunteer groups, including mentoring and tutoring
- Unpaid hours helping children
- Community service - volunteering onsite at Food Bank, SPCA, Note in the Pocket and many other organizations
Forms are due by 4/30/23. Please send scanned copies (not photos) to Julie Shannon at seminolejulie@gmail.com.
CHANGES BEGINNING 4/16/2023 -
As a certifying organization, we are bound by PVSA national rules to make sure you serve the greater community. We have clarified the accepted hours beginning with the 4/16/2023 - 4/15/2024 service period as follows:
Hours to include:
Hours not to include:
As a certifying organization, we are bound by PVSA national rules to make sure you serve the greater community. We have clarified the accepted hours beginning with the 4/16/2023 - 4/15/2024 service period as follows:
Hours to include:
- Service hours performed as part of the National Honor Society and Key Club
- Service hours that meet outside organization's requirement, ex. YMCA Leaders Club, Boy Scouts, etc.
- Working hours for volunteer groups, including mentoring and tutoring
- Unpaid hours helping children
- Mission trips
- Other examples - working onsite at the Food Bank, SPCA, Note in the Pocket, etc.
Hours not to include:
- Student Council meetings or working hours
- Class-sponsored event hours
- internships or job shadowing hours
- services extended to family members, friends, and neighbors
- club officer hours
- performances and competitions in athletics, band, chorus, dance, theater, and similar activities
- service hours performed as part of a class requirement or for a grade in a class
- club meetings
- unpaid pet sitting/fostering, lawn care, or babysitting of more than 24 hours per year
