The
Presidential Award recognizes citizens answering the President’s
call to service. As a Certifying Organization, PMSC certifies eligible
AmeriCorps recipients, verifies service hours, and distributes the
award. AmeriCorps members may earn a minimum level bronze award by
providing 100 hours of service beyond your 900 or 1700-hour obligation.
After completing your contracted amount of hours, track your extra
service hours on a time log and identify these additional hours as
presidential award hours; or submit documentation of your time on
letterhead signed by an official of that agency. If you’re volunteering
for an organization unrelated to your service site, you can earn only
one award per year. To accrue hours beyond one year and earn a higher
level than bronze, tell PMSC, so we do not order your award until
you have reached the desired level
To
participate, set up a web-based profile in addition to your paper
documentation to track and certify your volunteer hours.
1. Go to www.presidentialserviceawards.gov
2. Click “Track Your Hours.”
3. Create your record of service profile. Make sure you check
the yellow box to indicate that you are over the age of 14.
4. Click “Create My Record Of Service”
5. Under “Profile” tab, use this code under “record
of service key”: CO-QFN-1534T
6. Use “My Service” tab to log in all service hours.
Once
you have reached the desired award level, we will certify your hours
and send for your award. The PMSC places orders once or twice a year,
so there may be a time lapse between completing your hours and receiving
your award.
To promote volunteerism in our communities, we will also certify up
to two volunteers that you recruit to earn the award. These volunteers
should create their own profiles and supply a letter(s) to PMSC from
the organization where they served. Please notify PMSC that these
are volunteers you have recruited so we know they are valid volunteers.
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