The President's Volunteer Service Award has been temporarily paused by AmeriCorps, effective May 27, 2025. At this time, we do not have a date for when the program will resume. We encourage interested candidates to continue to pursue this worthy goal and to track their hours following the guidelines posted under our PVSA Requirements tab.
During the 2024-25 SASO year, 43 girls contributed more than 4,100 hours of service to earn prestigious service awards, signed this year by Congressman Jim Himes. Congratulations to the following young women! We are so proud of your dedication to the community!
Teen Bronze (50 hours or more): Brynleigh Holms, Emerson Mannello, Zoey Passeck, Megan Short
Teen Silver (75 hours or more): Alivia Chappell, Aileen Corrigan, Sofia Hardiman, Emma Lackner, Lucy Lavallee
Teen Gold/Young Adult Bronze (100 hours or more): Molly Boldrighini, Emily Becker, Julia Broder, Lilly Clark, Kelly Covino, Meghan Coyne, Whitney Curran, Katelyn Dalto, Tanaya Dixit, Brooke Dougherty, Jane Feeley, Julia Fekete, Julianne Freiler, Caroline Gouley, Abigail Lackner, Katherine Kahn, Dylan Kennedy, Lauren Kennedy, Erin Keenan, Annabelle King, Lillian Lim, Sona Majmudar, Sophie Meskin, Rebecca Morris, Audrey O’Connor, Katelyn Palsa, Emily Paul, Lucy Passeck, Julianna Porco, Madelyn Press, Mia Press, Elle Seusing
Young Adult Silver (150 hours or more): Sloane Elliott, Lillian White-Charles
President’s Volunteer Service Award
The President’s Volunteer Service Award (PVSA) is the premier awards program in the United States to encourage service. SASO is certified to bestow this award to members who qualify. It is awarded based on number of hours served during the 12-month SASO membership year (June 1-May 31), within the following age categories:
Teens (11-15) Hours: Bronze 50, Silver 75, Gold 100+
Young Adult (16-25) Hours: Bronze 100, Silver 175, Gold 250+
SASO members who wish to participate must email sasogirlspvsa@gmail.com by September 30 of the membership year. Candidates must meet all requirements of PVSA which includes serving a minimum of 30% of hours through SASO and a maximum of 70% hours through other service organization, while tracking and certifying every hour on Google Docs.
For additional information please visit the PVSA requirements page on our website and the PVSA website:https://presidentialserviceawards.gov/
