All awards must be ordered through Certifying Organizations. As a Certifying Organization, you can offer Presidential recognition to your volunteers and be prominently positioned at the forefront of a national volunteer recognition movement. Additionally, this Award program is a valuable tool to recruit new volunteers and sustain the commitment of your current volunteers. Motivated volunteers are role models and the best source for recruiting new volunteers.

Certifying Organizations can be any of the following: .

• Schools or institutions of higher education
• Non-profit or community-based organization, including their local affiliates, chapters or offices
• Civic, fraternal, or service groups
• Faith-based institutions
• Businesses
• National service programs
• Membership organizations
• Federal, state, and local government agencies

• Verify that the volunteer(s) has completed the number of service hours required to earn a President’s Volunteer Service Award.

• Nominate verified volunteers by completing an order form.

• Pay the nominal cost for the award package and it’s shipping, either directly or through local sponsorship. The award package contains a handsome lapel pin, a personalized certificate, a note of congratulations from the President of the United States, and a congratulatory letter from the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation. The price of the award package is $2.00. Each order will also incur a shipping and handling charge. We are also offering a less expensive package which would include a personalized certificate, a note of congratulations from the President of the United States, and a congratulatory letter from the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation. The price of this award package is $1.00. Each order will also incur a shipping and handling charge.

• Receive the award package and distribute the award to the recipient

All hours must be earned within a 12-month period.