1. Coversheet with your name, age, home address, total hours, school, school address and e-mail address.
2. Candidates must submit a documented record of volunteer activities and hours served. This record of service may be a diary, calendar or timesheet.
3. A letter from each agency, organization, school, church, etc., where you volunteered must accompany your time sheet and be signed by an agency representative verifying your hours.
4. Candidates must submit a letter of nomination from the direct supervisor/agency representative working with the candidate, a school administrator, school SkillsUSA advisor or SkillsUSA state director. This letter must include:
   
• name of the agency or organization where hours were performed
• a description or list of activities performed
5. Proof of SkillsUSA membership must be submitted. Proof of membership can be a copy of a membership roster, a certificate or verification from your school SkillsUSA advisor or state director.
6. Candidates must meet the number of hours designated by the Presidential Volunteer Service Award. (See below.)
7. Candidates must have performed hours within a calendar year and remain in good standing.

The above information must be received (not postmarked) by Heidi Ambrose, Program Director, SkillsUSA, by 3:00 pm (EDT) no later than April 1. No exceptions will be made.  For additional information and questions, she can be reached at 703-737-0615 or e-mail: hambrose@skillsusa.org.

Once the documentation is received, SkillsUSA will verify all records and confirm that the candidate has completed the number of service hours in good standing as required to earn a President’s Volunteer Service Award.

Mail entries to:

Heidi Ambrose
c/o SkillsUSA
14001 SkillsUSA Way
Leesburg, VA 20176

More information about the President's Volunteer Service Award Program is available at http://www.presidentialserviceawards.gov

Service Hours Requirements
(completed within a calendar year)

Young Adults (Ages 15 to 25)
100 to 174 hours (Bronze)
175 to 249 hours (Silver)
250 hours or more (Gold)
4,000 hours or more of volunteer service (over a lifetime)

Adults (25 and older)
100 to 249 hours (Bronze)
250 to 499 hours (Silver)
500 hours or more (Gold)
4,000 hours or more of volunteer service (over a lifetime

Families and Groups (two or more people)*
200 to 499 hours (Bronze)
500 to 999 hours (Silver)
1000 hours or more (Gold)
4,000 hours or more of volunteer service (over a lifetime)

* In families and groups, each member contributing to the total number of hours must have served 25 hours or more.

2010 Recipients

The following people have qualified to receive the President's Service Award for 2010:

Lifetime
Neva Clausen, Lebanon (Ore.) High School

Gold
Jasmine Alfred, Jordan Vocational High School, Columbus, Ga.
Kevin Brouillette, Geneva (Ill.) High School
Jessica Feder, Cranston (R.I.) Area Career & Technical Center
Annie Fleming, North Shore Tech High School, Middleton, Ma.
Brandon Mullings, Central Florida Community College, Belleview, Fla.
Julian Plowden, Jordan Vocational High School, Columbus, Ga.
Bobby Roden, Tennessee Technology Center at Hohenwald
Kaitlin Tenerella, Cranston (R.I.) Area Career & Technical Center
Gianna Velino, Cranston (R.I.) Area Career & Technical Center

Silver
Boyd Hestand, Tennessee Technology Center at Knoxville
Dana Marcotte, Cranston (R.I.) Area Career & Technical Center
April McLaren, Lebanon (Ore.) High School

Bronze
Kim Atkinson, Tennessee Technology Center at Hohenwald
Leah Belogolovsky, Cranston (R.I.) Area Career & Technical Center
Jerry Blau, Cranston (R.I.) Area Career & Technical Center
Alexcia Bouressa, Cranston (R.I.) Area Career & Technical Center
Tim French, Tennessee Technology Center at Ripley
Meredith Glick, Cranston (R.I.) Area Career & Technical Center
Jacob Hopkins, Jordan Vocational High School, Columbus, Ga.
Ellen Johnson, North Shore Tech High School, Middleton, Ma.
James Jones, Tennessee Technology Center at Ripley
Misty Mendenhall, Tennessee Technology Center at Ripley
Amy Parsons, Cranston (R.I.) Area Career & Technical Center
Sharon Pruitt, Tennessee Technology Center at Ripley
Julio Rivera, North Shore Tech High School, Middleton, Ma.
Becky Uselton, Tennessee Technology Center at Ripley

Team/Group Awards
Silver - Tennessee Technology Center at McMinnville, Medical Assisting Class
Bronze - Illinois State Officer Team