Longview City Council presents President’s Volunteer Service Award to local youth |

LONGVIEW, Wash. -- At the Feb. 9 meeting, Longview City Council presented the President’s Volunteer Service Awards to 29 local youth. The award is a prestigious national honor offered in recognition of sustained volunteer service.

The President’s Volunteer Service Awards is issued by the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation on behalf of the President of the United States to recognize the best in the American spirit, and to encourage all Americans to improve their communities through volunteer service, and civic participation.

Established in 2003, the President’s Volunteer Service Award gives Presidential recognition to individuals and groups who have demonstrated a sustained commitment to volunteer service each year. The Award shares this achievement as a way to inspire others to contribute to their communities through volunteer service and to make volunteer service a central part of their lives.

There are several levels and categories of the Award varying by age and hours of service completed within a 12-month period. Youth 14 year and younger are eligible to receive the President’s Volunteer Service Award after completing at least 50 hours of community service in a single year. Ages 15 years and older are eligible after 100 hours of annual volunteer work and groups of two or more people are eligible after 200 hours of service.

Individual recipients:

Gold Award

• Ashley Hall

Silver Award

• Sam Chidester
• Hannah Cochrane
• Rainee Folgeman
• Jaushua Jenson

Bronze Award

• Cameron Church
• Anthony Evans
• Jimmy Fisher
• Mariah Fried
• Katy Jones

Group Recipients:
Silver Award
Teen Council Members

• Cameron Church
• Kayla Church
• Anastasia Fisher
• Rainee Folgeman
• Katy Jones
• Lacy Jones
• Ashley Hall
• Megan Merherg
• Caitlyn Park
• Keesa Portwood
• Jessica Sanchez
• Azia Sandhu
• Haley Walker
• Abbie White

Gold Award
Junior Leader Team Members

• David Adams
• Sam Chidester
• Hannah Cochrane
• Jisela Alba-Estrada
• Anthony Evans
• Tyler Evans
• Mariah Fried
• Anastasia Fischer
• Jimmy Fisher
• Rainee Folgeman
• Drew Grimes
• Ashley Hall
• Ciara Hering
• Jaushua Jenson
• Katy Jones
• Morgan Olsen
• Brandon Patroni
• Haley Walker
• Karla Wheeler
• Randi Wynn