• What is President’s Volunteer Service Award (PVSA)?

The President’s Volunteer Service Award is a prestigious national honor bestowed by the President of the United States to recognize outstanding volunteer service. Established by executive order during George W. Bush’s presidency, this award celebrates individuals and groups who demonstrate a sustained commitment to community service over the course of 12 months. SLC members will be honored with different PVSA award levels based on the number of volunteer hours completed through various SLC programs.

• What is the time period counted for PVSA submission each year?

Typically, the Student Leadership Club applies the PVSA award for SLC volunteers in September each year for a 12-month period from Sep 1 to Aug 31. 

• Can I transfer my volunteering hours from another organization?

SLC currently accepts a volunteer to transfer hours from another qualified organization to SLC. To be eligible for PVSA submission, those transferred hours should be certified and less than the total hours volunteered with SLC.

• How many hours are required to Earn Awards in Each Age Group?
  Kids (5–10 years old)
  Bronze: 26+ hours / Silver: 50+ hours / Gold: 75+ hours

Teens (11–15)
Bronze: 50+ hours / Silver: 75+ hours / Gold: 100+ hours

Young Adults (16–25)
Bronze: 100+ hours / Silver: 175+ hours / Gold: 250+ hours

• How will the award level be calculated if the volunteer's birthday is within 12 months before the age group cut-off date on Aug 31?  

Assuming a boy celebrates his 16th birthday(Yay!) on May 1. He volunteered 80 hours from Sep 1 to Apr 30, and 40 hours from May 1 to  Aug 31. He will be qualified for the silver award for the age group 11-15 (80 hours > 75 hours), as well as the bronze award for the age group 16-25 (120 hours > 100 hours). In this case, he will be granted with teen's silver award.

• How to track my volunteering hours?

SLC uses trackitforward.com for volunteer hour tracking. Please see below for more details.

1) Make sure you are a registered volunteer with SLC. If you haven't registered yet, please click the "Join Us" button on the SLC homepage. 

2) Every registered volunteer will receive an email invite to join trackitforward.com for volunteer hour tracking. Please note the email invite may take a couple of days once step 1) is completed. 

3) Sign in to trackitforward.com website or Phone APP. 

Volunteers should submit their volunteer hours within 30 days of the volunteering event. All volunteer hours should be itemized with activity information and subject to approval. 

4) This should be the interface that pops up once you log into Track it Forward.

Click Log Hours.

5) Select the amount of hours that you volunteered for, the day that you volunteered, and the activity from the drop down menu.

6) Make sure to provide sufficient detail on what you did so that the hours can be approved. Click submit time and wait for the leader of your activity to approve your hours!

7) The event organizer/Project Leader (Adult Mentor) may reject the request and ask for hour correction or more detailed information.