For over a year now Lake Shannon Association has been a Certifying Organization for the USA Freedom Corps’ President’s Volunteer Service Award program. We made our second AWARDS at last year’s Spring General Members’ Meeting.
This Award is a Presidential honor that recognizes the valuable contributions of volunteers nationwide that are answering the President’s call to strengthen the nation by strengthening communities. AWARDS are granted to volunteers who serve others through their current volunteer activities or by a lifetime of service.
As a Certifying Organization, we identify eligible recipients, verify their service hours, and distribute an Award to outstanding volunteers at each Spring General Members’ Meeting. Next spring’s AWARDS will be based on service accumulated in the year 2008 or over a lifetime.
We invite LSA members to apply for this Award now or by December 15th if by the end of the year they will have met the eligibility requirements outlined in the table below:
Bronze AWARD 100 - 249 hours
Silver AWARD 250 - 499 hours
Gold AWARD 500 or more hours
Lifetime AWARD 4,000 or more hours
To qualify, simply identify the organization through which you serve and submit a record of your service hours to me at ruspencer@excite.com or by snail mail if you prefer.
Based on your submission, we make a recommendation to the USA Freedom Corps in January 2009 and distribute the Award at the 2009 Spring Meeting.
Please note, eligible volunteer service hours are not limited to those performed on behalf of Lake Shannon Association. In fact, service hours can be accumulated through work on a variety of projects throughout the year. However, partisan political activities, though worthy, cannot be counted toward the AWARD. The only other requirement is that the hours be completed within 12 months and recipients can qualify for a new Award each year. Obviously, an exception to the 12-month rule is the Lifetime AWARD.
Russ Spencer
Recording Secretary