The President’s Volunteer Service Award is a civil award bestowed by the President of the United States. The award was established to honor volunteers who give hundreds of hours per year helping others through the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation. The award can be granted to individuals, families and organizations located throughout the United States. Depending on the amount of service hours completed, individuals can receive the Bronze, Silver, Gold, and/or the President’s Call to Service Award, also referred to the President’s Lifetime Achievement Award and a certificate. Award criteria for all ages can be found HERE
Every year, at the Young Marine Birthday Ball, the President’s Volunteer Service Awards (PVSA) are presented to qualifying Lewis & Clark Young Marines, Staff and Volunteers. This year, our PVSA coordinator was Miss Abbie Bambilla. Miss Bambilla painstakingly tracked and entered hours into the PVSA system. This year alone, those earning awards cumulatively performed 8,432.25 hours of community service, an average of 703 hrs/month.
She presented the following President’s Volunteer Service Awards to: