Community Service Records
 All YMs should turn in their slips for community service hours to the Adjutant as they earn them. The Adjutant will maintain them on file for the fiscal year and track them in the Young Marines Online Record Book and input and certify them for the Presidential Volunteer Service Award. However, the Young Marine is responsible for obtaining and retaining, community service hour certifications until the required hours are accumulated.
In order to earn the community service ribbon, the YM needs to have performed 50+ hours of community service within any 12 month period of time. This award can be earned multiple times in a single calendar year.
In order to be promoted to the rank of Lance Corporal, each YM is required to have earned the Community Service ribbon.
ONLY THE ADJUTANT MAY SIGN OFF THE COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS P.O. IN THE GUIDEBOOKS!!
**Download this form to record your hours of community service
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COMMUNITY SERVICE RIBBON
 Awarded to a Young Marine who performs a service that benefits their community, veteran’s organization, military unit, service organization, i.e. the Red Cross, Salvation Army, etc., youth group, or school.
- Completed 50 community service hours for a period not to exceed
12 months. An official of the recipient organization(s) must certify
the community service hours.
- The hours may accumulate by service to one, or a combination of
organizations. The Young Marine is responsible for obtaining and
retaining, community service hour certifications until the required
hours are accumulated.
- A certification may be a simple letter by an official of the recipient organization written on the organization‘s letterhead paper. The original letters filed in the Young Marine‘s YMRB after the hours
are entered in the Young Marines Database System.
- This award can be earned multiple times in a single calendar year
provided the criteria in a., b. and c. are met.
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The President’s Volunteer Award
The President’s Volunteer Award is a Presidential recognition program for Americans of all ages who contribute a significant amount of time to volunteer service. The Award is given to individuals; families and groups that have demonstrated outstanding volunteer service and civic participation over a course of a 12-month period. Recipients are eligible to receive the award once every 12 months.
Recipients receive:
- An official President’s Volunteer Service Award pin
- A personalized certificate of achievement
- A note of congratulations from the President of the United States
- A letter from the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation
- BRONZE
Children 14 and younger...50-74 hours
Young Adults 15-25...100-174
Adults 25 and older...100-249
- SILVER
Children 14 and younger...75-99 hours
Young Adults 15-25...175-249
Adults 25 and older...250-499
- GOLD
Children 14 and younger...100 or more hours
Young Adults 15-25...250 or more
Adults 25 and older...500 or more
- LIFETIME
Anyone volunteering 4000 or more hours in a lifetime is eligible for the lifetime volunteer service award
Award may be worn above right breast pocket, centered 1/8” above nametape. Only one award may be worn at any given time.
Note: This does not prohibit the Young Marine from obtaining and wearing the community service ribbon and devices.
Adults are authorized to wear this award.
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Join our President's Volunteer Service Award Team!
Join our President's Volunteer Service Award Team! Go to www.presidentialserviceawards.gov and, if you have not already, register to have your own Record of Service (click on the link that says Track Your Volunteer Hours!). Once you login in, go to the profile tab and enter this code: GBW-21742 as your certifying organization. It's that easy!
A Record of Service is a private journal of your volunteer time and experiences in response to our President's call to service. You can keep a record of your activities serving your neighbor, your community, your country and the world. Return as often as you'd like to keep your record of service updated online.
To create your Record of Service, or if you already have an account, login here.
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