President’s Volunteer Service Award -2025

The President’s Volunteer Service Award (PVSA) is to recognize the important role of volunteers in America’s strength and national identity. This award honors individuals whose service positively impacts communities in every corner of the nation and inspires those around them to take action, too.

​​​​​​​The general volunteer eligibility to apply for PVSA is listed below:

1. ​United States citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United States (i.e., green card holder).
2. Completes eligible service within a 12-month period for annual Bronze, Silver, and Gold Awards. 
3. Awards are issued for volunteer service only. Additional levels of participation with the organization (i.e. charitable support) are not a factor considered for the award. 
4. Court-ordered community service does not qualify for the award.
5. Awards are issued by approved Certifying Organizations. 
6. Service must be with an organization that is legally established in the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or one of the territories. 

​Volunteer eligibility to apply for PVSA through GLIFY: 

1. ​Must be in the 6th grade or above for the year of service award.
2. Must have volunteered for three or more GLIFY-organized events, which include, but are not limited to Alameda County Fair, Christmas Shoebox Packing, Crayon Sorting, Fertile Groundworks, Food Bank, Kids Against Hunger, Family Help Center, Living Arroyos, White Pony Express, Family Giving Tree, Adopt a Senior for Christmas, Reutlinger Music Performance, etc.
3. The 12-month period particularly for 2025 service award is 09/01/2024-08/15/2025. The service cycle will be from 08/16/2025-08/15/2026 in the future to better synchronize with the school calendar.
4. The volunteer hours from outside GLIFY need to be clearly recorded with details for each event. It can’t be just in one lump sum hour. The volunteer form must have the signature and contact information of the authorizing official.
5. For collection-related projects including, but not limited to Eco-Alliance Water Bottle Recycling, African Library, FUNDrive, the limit of allowed volunteer hours from each project applies to the total number of hours from all organizations for the same type of project.
   For example, if a GLIFY member earned 20 hours for FUNDrive at GLIFY and 10 hours in another organization for the same type of project, then only 20 hours can be accounted towards the PVSA application. If another GLIFY member earned 10 hours for FUNDrive at GLIFY and 10 hours in another organization for the same type of project, then a total of 20 hours can be accounted towards the PVSA application. GLIFY reserves the final right of interpretation.
6. For all applications, 50% of the minimum volunteer hours required for each award level must be completed through GLIFY’s volunteer projects. 

The volunteer hours required for each award category and age group¹:

1. Note: The age category is determined by the age the person was for at least 7 months within the 12-month calendar year. For example, if the person was 16 for 7 months within the year of award application, that person would qualify within the 16-25 age group. 
   For more detailed information, please visit the PVSA website and PVSA Learning Center for the award level and age category. 
   Disclaimer: GLIFY does not hold any responsibility if PVSA requirements or age definitions are changed. Please check the PVSA website for the most updated information.  ↩︎

Volunteer Forms:

1. Volunteer service single event form: pdf, word, sample.
2. Volunteer service multiple event form: pdf, word, sample
3. President’s volunteer service award summary form: pdf, sample