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Marine One with President George W. Bush aboard flies over a flooded University of Iowa softball complex in Iowa City Thursday, June 19, 2008, during his aerial tour of the region.

 

President George W. Bush holds the hand of Cedar Rapids Mayor Kay Halloran during a briefing on the Iowa flooding Thursday, June 19, 2008, at the Lynn County Training and Response Center in Cedar Rapids.

 

President George W. Bush is briefed on the Midwest flooding by Dick Hainje, Regional Administrator for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, during a visit Thursday, June 19, 2008, to Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The President spent the day touring the devastation left in the wake of the flooding Cedar and Iowa rivers.

 

President George W. Bush comforts a family displaced by recent flooding during his visit Thursday, June 19, 2008, to a Red Cross shelter in Iowa City, Iowa.

 

President George W. Bush tours Streb Construction Company in Iowa City, Iowa Thursday, June 19, 2008, as sandbags hold back the flooding Iowa River waters.

 

President George W. Bush pauses to talk during his visit to the flood-ravaged Iowa City, Iowa area Thursday, June 19, 2008. The President told the governor of the state, "I'm sorry we're going through this. Tell people that often times you get dealt a hand you didn't expect to have to play, and the question is not whether you're going to get dealt the hand; the question is how do you play it. And I'm confident the people of Iowa will play it really well."

 

President George W. Bush talks to reporters about the government's response to the Midwest floods Tuesday morning, June 17, 2008. in the Roosevelt Room of the White House. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, right, was one of the key leaders briefing the President. President Bush said he will travel to Iowa on Thursday to view the damage himself.

 

President George W. Bush gives members of the media an overview of the Midwest flood relief plan Tuesday morning, June 17, 2008 in the Roosevelt Room of the White House. President Bush, briefed by domestic policy advisors on the status of the response, said "we're in constant contact with people on the ground to help make sure that we save lives."

 

Corporation for National and Community Service CEO David Eisner and HHS Assistant Secretary for Aging Josefina G. Carbonell sign memorandum of agreement establishing a new initiative to engage more 55+ adults in addressing the needs of vulnerable populations through volunteer service.

 

USA Freedom Corps Director Henry Lozano honored U.S. Navy Petty Officer First Class Haneefah Collins on May 16, 2008 with the President’s Volunteer Service Award during a White House ceremony, recognizing her outstanding service to others in need. Joined by General James Cartwright, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Mary Jo Myers, member of the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation and wife of General Richard Myers; and actor Stephen Baldwin, Director Lozano thanked the awardees from all branches of the military for their service to causes greater than self.

 

USA Freedom Corps Director Henry Lozano honored U.S. Marine Corps Corporal Sona Babani on May 16, 2008 with the President’s Volunteer Service Award during a White House ceremony, recognizing her outstanding service to others in need. Joined by General James Cartwright, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Mary Jo Myers, member of the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation and wife of General Richard Myers; and actor Stephen Baldwin, Director Lozano thanked the awardees from all branches of the military for their service to causes greater than self.

 

USA Freedom Corps Director Henry Lozano honored U.S. Air Force Major Laird Abbott on May 16, 2008 with the President’s Volunteer Service Award during a White House ceremony, recognizing his outstanding service to others in need. Joined by General James Cartwright, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Mary Jo Myers, member of the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation and wife of General Richard Myers; and actor Stephen Baldwin, Director Lozano thanked the awardees from all branches of the military for their service to causes greater than self.

 

USA Freedom Corps Director Henry Lozano honored U.S. Coast Guard Chief Warrant Officer Lionel Bryant on May 16, 2008 with the President’s Volunteer Service Award during a White House ceremony, recognizing his outstanding service to others in need. Joined by General James Cartwright, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Mary Jo Myers, member of the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation and wife of General Richard Myers; and actor Stephen Baldwin, Director Lozano thanked the awardees from all branches of the military for their service to causes greater than self.

 

USA Freedom Corps Director Henry Lozano honored Air National Guard Master Sergeant Tammy Caban on May 16, 2008 with the President’s Volunteer Service Award during a White House ceremony, recognizing his outstanding service to others in need. Joined by General James Cartwright, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Mary Jo Myers, member of the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation and wife of General Richard Myers; and actor Stephen Baldwin, Director Lozano thanked the awardees from all branches of the military for their service to causes greater than self.

 

USA Freedom Corps Director Henry Lozano honored U.S. Air Force Reserve Senior Master Sergeant Rene Rubiella on May 16, 2008 with the President’s Volunteer Service Award during a White House ceremony, recognizing his outstanding service to others in need. Joined by General James Cartwright, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Mary Jo Myers, member of the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation and wife of General Richard Myers; and actor Stephen Baldwin, Director Lozano thanked the awardees from all branches of the military for their service to causes greater than self.

 

USA Freedom Corps Director Henry Lozano honored seven active-duty members of America’s Armed Forces on May 16, 2008 with the President’s Volunteer Service Award during a White House ceremony, recognizing their outstanding service to others in need. Joined by General James Cartwright, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Mary Jo Myers, member of the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation and wife of General Richard Myers; and actor Stephen Baldwin, Director Lozano thanked the awardees from all branches of the military for their service to causes greater than self.

 

President Bush presents the President's Volunteer Service Award to Coast Guard spouse Ramona Vazquez from Baltimore, Maryland, before the White House celebration of Military Spouse Day on Tuesday, May 6, 2008. Vazquez is the President of the Greater Baltimore Area Coast Guard Spouses Association. She is the creator and webmaster of the Coast Guard Spouses Association website, an online resource for new families transitioning into the Baltimore area. Vazquez is also the founder of Nate’s Open Door Baby Pantry, which provides diapers, formula, clothing, toys, and furniture at no cost to military members of all ranks and services and civilians. The program was named in honor of DC3 Nathan Bruckenthal, who was killed in action in 2004 while serving a second tour in Iraq. Nate and his wife were expecting their first child at the time of his death. In addition, Vazquez has adopted two soldiers and their platoons through Soldier’s Angels, a nationwide program that enlists volunteers to aid and assist deployed soldiers all over the world through care packages and letters of encouragement.

 

President Bush presents the President's Volunteer Service Award to Air Force spouse Bob Davison from Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, before the White House celebration of Military Spouse Day on Tuesday, May 6, 2008. Davison's wife, Major Lisa Davison, has served in the Air Force since 1996. At his wife’s current duty station, Davison started the combined Mississippi and Alabama Chapter of Operation Homefront, through which he has raised more than $350,000 in donations, including more than one million phone card minutes for distribution to service members. Davison secured funding and donations to provide catered meals and 2,000 backpacks filled with toiletries, blankets, and clothes to injured service members and their families who were transitioning through the base or onto frontline hospitals. Davison also volunteers with R.I.D.E.S – Ready to Improve Development, Esteem, Strength, and Spirit, which provides therapeutic horseback riding for special-needs children. While at various other duty stations, Davison has also helped to collect 1,000 toys and raised $10,000 to support Fisher House and established an Airmen’s Food Pantry to provide short-term food aid to military families facing financial difficulties.

 

President Bush presents the President's Volunteer Service Award to Army Reserve spouse Dawnle Scheetz from Sharon, Pennsylvania, before the White House celebration of Military Spouse Day on Tuesday, May 6, 2008. In 2006, Scheetz's husband, Major Larry Scheetz, was deployed to Iraq for a year with the 942nd Quartermaster Detachment from Fort Belvoir, Virginia. During this time she created Operation School House to provide school supplies, clothing, and toys for Iraqi children. Over an eight-month span, Scheetz collected five tons of supplies, which were packaged and shipped to Iraq and Afghanistan and distributed by the troops as gifts from American children. In addition, she is a volunteer with the Mercer County Juvenile Community Court, a diversionary program composed of volunteers who determine appropriate consequences, including community service, tutoring, and substance abuse monitoring, for low-level first-time youth offenders.

 

President Bush presents the President's Volunteer Service Award to Navy spouse Ellen Patton from Naval Base Point Loma, California, before the White House celebration of Military Spouse Day on Tuesday, May 6, 2008. During her 26 years as a military spouse, Patton has moved 20 times to 13 duty stations from Hawaii to Virginia. She is a volunteer quilt maker for the Quilts of Valor Foundation, which provides quilts to wounded and injured service members and veterans from the Global War on Terror throughout the country and abroad. In addition, Ellen volunteers with West Point’s Plebe Network as an online mentor for parents of cadets, and she helps prepare the winter shelter for homeless veterans with the Veteran’s Village of San Diego.

 

President Bush presents the President's Volunteer Service Award to Marine spouse Kaprece James from Twentynine Palms, California, before the White House celebration of Military Spouse Day on Tuesday, May 6, 2008. James has been married to Second Lieutenant Rodney James for two years, who is currently deployed to Iraq with Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines. James serves as a volunteer Station Chairman for the American Red Cross Services to the Armed Forces. In this role, she developed the first year-round Youth Leadership Program to help teenagers enhance their job skills and professional development. The program also offers classes in first aid, disaster preparedness, and volunteer service opportunities for youth ages 12 to 18. As the Key Volunteer Coordinator for her husband’s unit, James developed the first battalion newsletter to provide information and encouragement to 250 families of deployed personnel.

 

President Bush presents the President's Volunteer Service Award to Army spouse Colleen Saffron from Fort Hood, Texas, before the White House celebration of Military Spouse Day on Tuesday, May 6, 2008. Saffron's husband, Staff Sergeant Terry Saffron, was severely injured in Iraq in May 2004 when an improvised explosive device was detonated, shattering his lower right jaw and injuring his right arm, resulting in loss of all muscle tissue. In March 2007, Saffron collaborated with a Navy and Air Force spouse to create Operation Life Transformed. This non-profit charitable foundation helps educate and train military spouses and caregivers of wounded troops, which allows them to work from home while caring for their loved one. To date, Operation Life Transformed has paid for 30 spouses and caregivers to enter online training programs. Saffron, who is legally deaf, also volunteers with Texas Hearing and Service Dogs, an organization that trains dogs, free of charge, to assist people living with deafness or mobility-related issues. Saffron and her hearing dog, Gretchen, visit schools to educate children about how service dogs can assist the disabled.

 

President George W. Bush greets guests at the conclusion of the Military Spouse Day celebration Tuesday, May 6, 2008, at the White House. Begun in 1984, the day was established to acknowledge the profound impact military spouses have on service members and to honor their volunteer service in educational, social and community endeavors.

 

The cameras are turned to President George W. Bush as he sits with Ellen Patton, left, and Colleen Saffron, two of the six recipients of the President's Volunteer Service Award, during Military Spouse Day ceremonies Tuesday, May 6, 2008, on the South Lawn of the White House.

 

Country recording artist Phil Vassar sings the national anthem Tuesday, May 6, 2008, during Military Spouse Day celebration on the South Lawn of the White House.

 

Guests sit on the South Lawn of the White House Tuesday, May 6, 2008, as President George W. Bush delivers remarks in celebration of Military Spouse Day, recognizing the impact spouses have on service members and honoring their volunteer service in educational, social and community endeavors.

 

President George W. Bush stands for the national anthem with recipients of the President's Volunteer Service Award during Military Spouse Day ceremonies Tuesday, May 6, 2008, on the South Lawn of the White House.

 

President George W. Bush delivers remarks during Military Spouse Day Tuesday, May 6, 2008, at the White House. Begun in 1984, the day was established to acknowledge the profound impact military spouses have on service members and to honor their volunteer service in educational, social and community endeavors.

 

On Tuesday, April 29, 2008, the White House celebrated National Volunteer Week in the East Room. President Bush welcomed the attendees, saying, "I am pleased to welcome volunteers from around the United States who have given of their time to help those who need help, and we're sure glad you're here. Those of you today who perform acts of kindness do so out of love, and you do so out of a desire not to be recognized -- but anyway, you're going to be recognized. We have the opportunity today to thank you, and the opportunity today to celebrate the difference that volunteers have made all across America."

 

Deputy Assistant to the President and Director, USA Freedom Corps Henry Lozano stops for a picture with AmeriCorps City Year members at a White House event celebrating National Volunteer Week on April 29, 2008.

 

Singer Michael W. Smith, Actor Stephen Baldwin, Peace Corps Director Ron Tschetter, and Corporation for National and Community Service CEO David Eisner meet before a White House event celebrating National Volunteer Week on April 29, 2008. Smith and Baldwin are members of the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation.

 

On Tuesday, April 29, 2008, the White House celebrated National Volunteer Week in the East Room. President Bush welcomed the attendees, saying, "I am pleased to welcome volunteers from around the United States who have given of their time to help those who need help, and we're sure glad you're here. Those of you today who perform acts of kindness do so out of love, and you do so out of a desire not to be recognized -- but anyway, you're going to be recognized. We have the opportunity today to thank you, and the opportunity today to celebrate the difference that volunteers have made all across America."

 

On Tuesday, April 29, 2008, the White House celebrated National Volunteer Week in the East Room. President Bush welcomed the attendees, saying, "I am pleased to welcome volunteers from around the United States who have given of their time to help those who need help, and we're sure glad you're here. Those of you today who perform acts of kindness do so out of love, and you do so out of a desire not to be recognized -- but anyway, you're going to be recognized. We have the opportunity today to thank you, and the opportunity today to celebrate the difference that volunteers have made all across America."

 

On Tuesday, April 29, 2008, the White House celebrated National Volunteer Week in the East Room. President Bush welcomed the attendees, saying, "I am pleased to welcome volunteers from around the United States who have given of their time to help those who need help, and we're sure glad you're here. Those of you today who perform acts of kindness do so out of love, and you do so out of a desire not to be recognized -- but anyway, you're going to be recognized. We have the opportunity today to thank you, and the opportunity today to celebrate the difference that volunteers have made all across America."

 

Actor Stephen Baldwin stands with youth from the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Washington who were honored for their exemplary community service project “Capitol Hill Takeover” with the President’s Volunteer Service Award. Baldwin joined singer Michael W. Smith and other members of the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation along with White House officials and nonprofit leaders at a Boys & Girls Club in Southeast Washington to highlight the importance of youth service and recognizing youth volunteers. Youth members of the BGCGW FBR Keystone Club were presented with the President's Volunteer Service Award for their exemplary community service project "Capitol Hill Takeover."

 

Members of Torch Club of the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Washington recite the club’s code of conduct. Actor Stephen Baldwin, singer Michael W. Smith, and other members of the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation joined White House officials and nonprofit leaders at a Boys & Girls Club in Southeast Washington to highlight the importance of youth service and recognizing youth volunteers. Youth members of the BGCGW FBR Keystone Club were presented with the President's Volunteer Service Award for their exemplary community service project "Capitol Hill Takeover."

 

David Eisner, CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service, shares the findings of a recent Corporation study that found that youth who volunteer are more likely to succeed in school and avoid risky behaviors; but that there is a disturbing “class gap” in teen volunteer rates with youth from low-income backgrounds volunteering at a rate of 43 percent, compared to 59 percent for other youth. Actor Stephen Baldwin, singer Michael W. Smith, and other members of the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation joined White House officials and nonprofit leaders at a Boys & Girls Club in Southeast Washington to highlight the importance of youth service and recognizing youth volunteers. Youth members of the BGCGW FBR Keystone Club were presented with the President's Volunteer Service Award for their exemplary community service project "Capitol Hill Takeover."

 

Jean Case, Chair of the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation, highlights importance of volunteer service and the benefits to volunteers and the communities they serve in kicking off the National Volunteer Week event. Actor Stephen Baldwin, singer Michael W. Smith, and other members of the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation joined White House officials and nonprofit leaders at a Boys & Girls Club in Southeast Washington to highlight the importance of youth service and recognizing youth volunteers. Youth members of the BGCGW FBR Keystone Club were presented with the President's Volunteer Service Award for their exemplary community service project "Capitol Hill Takeover."

 

On April 28, 2008, Actor Stephen Baldwin, singer Michael W. Smith, and other members of the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation joined White House officials and nonprofit leaders at a Boys & Girls Club in Southeast Washington to highlight the importance of youth service and recognizing youth volunteers. Youth members of the BGCGW FBR Keystone Club were presented with the President’s Volunteer Service Award for their exemplary community service project “Capitol Hill Takeover.”

 

Roxanne Spillett, President and CEO of Boys & Girls Clubs of America, discusses the impact of her organization at a National Volunteer Week event in Washington, DC. On April 28, 2008, Actor Stephen Baldwin, singer Michael W. Smith, and other members of the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation joined White House officials and nonprofit leaders at a Boys & Girls Club in Southeast Washington to highlight the importance of youth service and recognizing youth volunteers. Youth members of the BGCGW FBR Keystone Club were presented with the President's Volunteer Service Award for their exemplary community service project "Capitol Hill Takeover."

 

Singer Michael W. Smith discusses the importance of volunteering at a National Volunteer Week event in Washington, DC. On April 28, 2008, Smith joined actor Stephen Baldwin and other members of the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation along with White House officials and nonprofit leaders at a Boys & Girls Club in Southeast Washington to highlight the importance of youth service and recognizing youth volunteers. Youth members of the BGCGW FBR Keystone Club were presented with the President's Volunteer Service Award for their exemplary community service project "Capitol Hill Takeover."

 

Actor Stephen Baldwin addresses the crowd at a National Volunteer Week event in Washington, DC. On April 28, 2008, Baldwin joined singer Michael W. Smith and other members of the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation along with White House officials and nonprofit leaders at a Boys & Girls Club in Southeast Washington to highlight the importance of youth service and recognizing youth volunteers. Youth members of the BGCGW FBR Keystone Club were presented with the President's Volunteer Service Award for their exemplary community service project "Capitol Hill Takeover."

 

Deputy Secretary of the Interior Lynn Scarlett recently presented Marshal Case with the Presidential Call to Service Award for his service to America’s public lands and volunteerism. Mr. Case is the President of the American Chestnut Foundation, and has given over 4,000 hours of volunteer service during his lifetime.

 

White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman Jim Connaughton and Executive Director of Take Pride in America® Katie Loovis recognize Tammson Joshua with the President's Volunteer Service Award on March 24, 2008 at the annual White House Easter Egg Roll. Last year, during National Volunteer Week, Tammson volunteered along with Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne in a Capital River Relief cleanup of the Anacostia River. Tammson also volunteered with the Fannie Mae Help the Homeless Walk, and continues to serve with his local Cub Scout troop and church community. Tammson has logged more than fifty hours of volunteer service over the last year.

 

The White House welcomed Take Pride in America volunteers as special guests at the annual White House Easter Egg Roll, and a senior White House official honored one outstanding Take Pride in America volunteer with the President’s Volunteer Service Award. The award ceremony took place this morning, during the annual White House Easter Egg roll. The award was presented to Tammson Joshua by White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman Jim Connaughton.

 

USA Freedom Corps Director Henry Lozano joined members of the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation to launch a campaign urging America’s corporate sector to expand the level and impact of skilled volunteering to bolster America’s nonprofit sector. Today’s Summit on Corporate Volunteerism convened key players including chair of the President’s Council Jean Case and more than 150 top corporate, government and nonprofit leaders to explore a redefinition of volunteerism through strategic contributions of “pro bono” services.

 

President Bush marked the Martin Luther King Jr. King holiday by volunteering and calling on Americans to honor his legacy by showing compassion on the holiday and throughout the year.

 

President Bush marked the Martin Luther King Jr. King holiday by volunteering and calling on Americans to honor his legacy by showing compassion on the holiday and throughout the year.

 

Mrs. Laura Bush reaches out for the hand of a resident of the Little Sisters of the Poor during a visit Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2007, with President George W. Bush to the Washington, D.C. facility that provides nursing and assisted living services to elderly people of lesser means.

 

President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush visit the "book nook" at the Little Sisters of the Poor Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2007, in Washington, D.C. With them are, from left: Archbishop Donald Wuerl of the Archdiocese of Washington, Mother Benedict de la Passion, Superior and President of Little Sisters of the Poor, and Mary Ann Lucey, volunteer librarian.

 

President George W. Bush shares a moment with a staff member at the Little Sisters of the Poor in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2007, during his visit with Mrs. Laura Bush to the facility that provides nursing and assisted-living services to elderly people of lesser means.

 

President George W. Bush and Sister Therese Noel join the festivities as they listen to 75-year-old resident Joe Dignazio of West Virginia, play "The Eyes of Texas" during a visit Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2007, to the Washington, D.C. facility. The President told Mr. Dignazio, "You are really good! Keep playing!"

 

President George W. Bush pauses with residents of the Little Sisters of the Poor Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2007, in Washington, D.C. The Congregation of the Little Sisters of the Poor was founded in France in 1839, and today, Little Sisters care for the aged poor in 31 countries around the world.

 

President George W. Bush speaks to a resident at the Little Sisters of the Poor of Washington, D.C., Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2007, during a visit with Mrs. Laura Bush to the facility that provides nursing and assisted-living services to elderly people of lesser means.

 

President George W. Bush draws smiles from the audience of volunteers, staff and residents at the Little Sisters of the Poor Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2007, during a visit with Mrs. Laura Bush to the Washington, D.C. facility. Enjoying the moment with them are Mother Benedict de la Passion, Superior and President of Little Sisters of the Poor, and Archbishop Donald Wuerl of the Archdiocese of Washington.

 

Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of USA Freedom Corps Henry Lozano and Elizabeth Seale, the Chief Operating Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service, hand out books to children at a Make a Difference Day event in Washington, DC. Lozano and Seale joined hundreds of volunteers serving at Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library in downtown Washington, where the volunteers organized, cleaned, and catalogued books.

 

Volunteers gather at a Make a Difference Day event in Washington, DC. Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of USA Freedom Corps Henry Lozano and Elizabeth Seale, the Chief Operating Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service, joined hundreds of volunteers serving at Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library in downtown Washington. The volunteers organized, cleaned, and catalogued books.

 

Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of USA Freedom Corps Henry Lozano addresses the crowd at a Make a Difference Day event in Washington, DC. Lozano and Elizabeth Seale, the Chief Operating Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service, joined hundreds of volunteers serving at Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library in downtown Washington. The volunteers organized, cleaned, and catalogued books.

 

Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of USA Freedom Corps Henry Lozano addresses the crowd at a Make a Difference Day event in Washington, DC. Lozano and Elizabeth Seale, the Chief Operating Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service, joined hundreds of volunteers serving at Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library in downtown Washington. The volunteers organized, cleaned, and catalogued books.

 

Angeline Mutima, Service-Learning Emerging Leader at Youth Service America, told Board members how the Learn & Serve Challenge was an opportunity to spotlight how service-learning was a powerful and effective method to engage young people in tackling community problems.

 

Henry C. Lozano was named Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of USA Freedom Corps on September 11, 2007. As Director of USA Freedom Corps, Mr. Lozano is charged with implementing President Bush’s vision for volunteerism and service in America. Echoing the President’s Call to Service, which launched the initiative in his 2002 State of the Union, Mr. Lozano is working to promote and expand opportunities for Americans looking to service causes greater than themselves.

 

Michelle Nunn, co-founder and CEO of the Hands On Network, announces organization's merger with the Points of Light Foundation.

 

Kathy Wills Wright, Acting Director of USA Freedom Corps, delivers remarks at the Building Bridges Coalition Public Launch on July 15, 2007 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She informed others about volunteering internationally and honored several individuals who had volunteered overseas.

 

Jeffrey Post is presented with the President’s Volunteer Service Award by USA Freedom Corps Acting Director Kathy Wills Wright. Jeffrey is an active member in his community. Along with his wife, Melanie, he has taken two trips as a Global Volunteer; one to Poland and the other to Ireland. In Poland, in spent two weeks teaching English to adults and said he felt it was his opportunity to give back. His trip to Ireland was a bit different. He and Melanie worked to revive the Glencree Centre for Reconciliation through general maintenance and renovation. Although it was hard work, Jeff said it was a very rewarding experience. Back here on our side of the pond, Jeff and Melanie are very active participants in their local Habitat for Humanity and just recently saw a home through to completion. Similarly, he has volunteered as a general “Mr. Fix-It” to those in his hometown who need a little extra assistance to complete small household projects.

 

Salina Bakshi receives the President’s Volunteer Service Award from USA Freedom Corps Acting Director Kathy Wills Wright for serving more than 4,000 hours in her community and around the world. Salina is a junior at Columbia University. She became involved in People to People International in 1999, and after traveling with the ambassador program and attending the Global Youth Forum, she co-founded and was co-president of the Greater Princeton Student Chapter of People to People International. She spear-headed many successful projects during her term, including raising more than $6000 for an organization that clears minefields and promotes landmine awareness as well as organized several drives that yielded 5000 pairs of shoes and more than 3000 bars of soap. She has organized cultural events for elementary students and planned volunteer activities for Japanese exchange students. But the work she says she has enjoyed most is all of her health-based service. She spent a summer in Ghana to provide health education outreach and workshops; she serves as a volunteer for Project HEALTH, where she works at a pediatric AIDS clinic in Harlem and she is involved with Global Justice, a group that works with health and human rights.

 

USA Freedom Corps Acting Director Kathy Wills Wright presents Jay Goldman with the President’s Volunteer Service Award for volunteering more than 4,000 hours over the course of his lifetime. Jay has been serving others since the young age of 16. He has been involved in almost every aspect of volunteerism from speaking on behalf of the Make-A-Wish Foundation to walking in the New York AIDS walk ten times. He has shaved his head five times for the St. Baldricks Foundation and has been a Team Leader for the March of Dimes for 10 years. He served as volunteer Emergency Medical Technician in the Commack Volunteer Ambulance Corps for more than five years and he still found time to work with the Special Olympics. In 2006, he volunteered for Cross-Cultural Solutions and spent two weeks in Brazil. On top of all of this, Jay recently launched the Youth Empowerment Company in an attempt to “educate, inspire, and empower today's youth to become the leaders of tomorrow”. Jay says he “trusts that belief, passion, and dedication of one person can move mountains and change landscapes.”

 

On June 12, 2007, the Task Force on New Americans held a press conference at the U.S. Department of Treasury in Washington, DC to introduce four new inter-agency initiatives to help immigrants assimilate into American civic culture. Kathy Wills Wright, Deputy Director, USA Freedom Corps, delivers remarks to the audience.

 

President Bush welcomed West Virginia AmeriCorps member Alivia Sturgill to the Oval Office this morning as part of a nationwide recognition week for the AmeriCorps national service program as it reaches a historic milestone of 500,000 members.

 

President George W. Bush congratulates military spouse Shannon Maxwell of Jacksonville, N.C., as Maxwell is presented with the President’s Volunteer Service Award Friday, May 11, 2007, in the East Room of the White House during a celebration of Military Spouse Day. On April 17, 1984, President Ronald Reagan signed a proclamation recognizing Military Spouse Day. This observance was established to acknowledge the impact military spouses have on the readiness and well-being of service members, and to honor their volunteer service in educational, social, and community endeavors. In May 1999, Congress passed a resolution designating May as National Military Appreciation Month. During this month, the United States observes Memorial Day, Victory in Europe Day, Armed Forces Week, and Military Spouse Day, which is held annually on the Friday before Mother’s Day.

 

On April 17, 1984, President Ronald Reagan signed a proclamation recognizing Military Spouse Day. This observance was established to acknowledge the impact military spouses have on the readiness and well-being of service members, and to honor their volunteer service in educational, social, and community endeavors. In May 1999, Congress passed a resolution designating May as National Military Appreciation Month. During this month, the United States observes Memorial Day, Victory in Europe Day, Armed Forces Week, and Military Spouse Day, which is held annually on the Friday before Mother’s Day.

 

President George W. Bush congratulates military spouse Michael Winton of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, as Winton is presented with the President’s Volunteer Service Award Friday, May 11, 2007, in the East Room of the White House during a celebration of Military Spouse Day. On April 17, 1984, President Ronald Reagan signed a proclamation recognizing Military Spouse Day. This observance was established to acknowledge the impact military spouses have on the readiness and well-being of service members, and to honor their volunteer service in educational, social, and community endeavors. In May 1999, Congress passed a resolution designating May as National Military Appreciation Month. During this month, the United States observes Memorial Day, Victory in Europe Day, Armed Forces Week, and Military Spouse Day, which is held annually on the Friday before Mother’s Day.

 

President George W. Bush joins military spouse Denise Rampolla of Cheyenne, Wyo., on stage in the East Room of the White House, to receive the President’s Volunteer Service Award Friday, May 11, 2007, during a commemoration of Military Spouse Day. On April 17, 1984, President Ronald Reagan signed a proclamation recognizing Military Spouse Day. This observance was established to acknowledge the impact military spouses have on the readiness and well-being of service members, and to honor their volunteer service in educational, social, and community endeavors. In May 1999, Congress passed a resolution designating May as National Military Appreciation Month. During this month, the United States observes Memorial Day, Victory in Europe Day, Armed Forces Week, and Military Spouse Day, which is held annually on the Friday before Mother’s Day.

 

President George W. Bush congratulates military spouse Linda Port of Langley Air Force Base, Va., as she is presented with the President’s Volunteer Service Award Friday, May 11, 2007, in the East Room of the White House during a celebration of Military Spouse Day. On April 17, 1984, President Ronald Reagan signed a proclamation recognizing Military Spouse Day. This observance was established to acknowledge the impact military spouses have on the readiness and well-being of service members, and to honor their volunteer service in educational, social, and community endeavors. In May 1999, Congress passed a resolution designating May as National Military Appreciation Month. During this month, the United States observes Memorial Day, Victory in Europe Day, Armed Forces Week, and Military Spouse Day, which is held annually on the Friday before Mother’s Day.

 

President George W. Bush joins military spouse Cindy Bjerke of Spanaway, Wash., on stage in the East Room of the White House, to receive the President’s Volunteer Service Award Friday, May 11, 2007, during a commemoration of Military Spouse Day. On April 17, 1984, President Ronald Reagan signed a proclamation recognizing Military Spouse Day. This observance was established to acknowledge the impact military spouses have on the readiness and well-being of service members, and to honor their volunteer service in educational, social, and community endeavors. In May 1999, Congress passed a resolution designating May as National Military Appreciation Month. During this month, the United States observes Memorial Day, Victory in Europe Day, Armed Forces Week, and Military Spouse Day, which is held annually on the Friday before Mother’s Day.

 

President George W. Bush presents the President's Volunteer Service Award to military spouse Michele Langford of Alameda, Calif., on Friday, May 11, 2007, in the East Room of the White House during a celebration of Military Spouse Day. On April 17, 1984, President Ronald Reagan signed a proclamation recognizing Military Spouse Day. This observance was established to acknowledge the impact military spouses have on the readiness and well-being of service members, and to honor their volunteer service in educational, social, and community endeavors. In May 1999, Congress passed a resolution designating May as National Military Appreciation Month. During this month, the United States observes Memorial Day, Victory in Europe Day, Armed Forces Week, and Military Spouse Day, which is held annually on the Friday before Mother’s Day.

 

President George W. Bush welcomes Linda Uehara of Mililani, Hawaii, to the stage in the East Room of the White House, to receive the President’s Volunteer Service Award Thursday, May 10, 2007, in celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. On October 23, 1992, President George H.W. Bush signed Public Law 102-450, designating May as Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. President George W. Bush has celebrated this occasion every year since 2001, when he signed the proclamation for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.

 

On October 23, 1992, President George H.W. Bush signed Public Law 102-450, designating May as Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. President George W. Bush has celebrated this occasion every year since 2001, when he signed the proclamation for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. This year, the President celebrated Asian Pacific American Heritage Month by delivering remarks in the East Room of The White House and presenting six individuals with the President’s Volunteer Service Award, which is awarded by the USA Freedom Corps and is the highest level of commendation given to individuals who have volunteered 4,000 hours or more over their lifetimes.

 

President George W. Bush welcomes Jonathan Wu of Fremont, Calif., to the stage in the East Room of the White House, where he received the President’s Volunteer Service Award Thursday, May 10, 2007, in celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. On October 23, 1992, President George H.W. Bush signed Public Law 102-450, designating May as Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. President George W. Bush has celebrated this occasion every year since 2001, when he signed the proclamation for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.

 

President George W. Bush speaks with award recipient Adeel Khan of Springfield, Va., student body president at Virginia Tech, on stage in the East Room of the White House, where Khan received the President’s Volunteer Service Award Thursday, May 10, 2007, in celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. On October 23, 1992, President George H.W. Bush signed Public Law 102-450, designating May as Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. President George W. Bush has celebrated this occasion every year since 2001, when he signed the proclamation for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.

 

President George W. Bush congratulates Kay Hiramine of Colorado Springs, Colo., as he presents Hiramine with the President’s Volunteer Service Award Thursday, May 10, 2007, in the East Room of the White House, in celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. On October 23, 1992, President George H.W. Bush signed Public Law 102-450, designating May as Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. President George W. Bush has celebrated this occasion every year since 2001, when he signed the proclamation for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.

 

President George W. Bush congratulates Anna DeSanctis of Houston, Texas, after presenting her with the President’s Volunteer Service Award Thursday, May 10, 2007, in the East Room of the White House, celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. On October 23, 1992, President George H.W. Bush signed Public Law 102-450, designating May as Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. President George W. Bush has celebrated this occasion every year since 2001, when he signed the proclamation for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.

 

President George W. Bush congratulates Angela An of Washington, D.C., on presenting her the President’s Volunteer Service Award Thursday, May 10, 2007, in the East Room of the White House, in celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. On October 23, 1992, President George H.W. Bush signed Public Law 102-450, designating May as Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. President George W. Bush has celebrated this occasion every year since 2001, when he signed the proclamation for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.

 

President George W. Bush views the damage done last week's deadly tornado during a stop at the John Deere dealership in Greensburg, Kansas Wednesday, May 9, 2007. At least 11 people died and more than 90 percent of the town was destroyed in the wake of the storm that struck Friday night.

 

President George W. Bush makes a statement Wednesday, May 9, 2007, during his tour of Greensburg, Kansas, left devastated by a tornado last week. Said the President, "I am struck by the strength of the character of the people who live here in the Plains -- people who refuse to be -- who refuse to have their spirit affect by this storm; as a matter of fact, who are willing to do what it takes to rebuild in a better way."

 

On May 4, 2007, EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson honored Robert Benner with the President’s Volunteer Service Award in Boone, North Carolina. Benner planned and built 76 miles of North Carolina’s Mountain-To-Sea Trail.

 

Employees at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) observed National Volunteer Week - April 15-21 - by preparing and distributing food for the needy, receiving instruction on pro bono legal work and engaging in many other kinds of volunteer activities. In addition, James Hester, an environmental policy specialist with USAID, received President George W. Bush's highest award for a lifetime of volunteer service during the agency's annual awards ceremony April 16.

 

EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson today honored the North Area Environmental Council with the President’s Volunteer Service Award in recognition of the group’s more than 30 years of volunteer work in addressing environmental issues in the North Hills area of Allegheny County, Pa. Bill Moul, president of the North Area Environmental Council, accepted the award on behalf of the all-volunteer organization, whose work has been instrumental in improving the Pine Creek watershed.

 

As part of National Volunteer Week, Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne presented Dave Johnson, a resident of Bethesda, Maryland, with the prestigious President’s Volunteer Service Award. Johnson has been a volunteer at the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historic Park for 24 years.

 

Secretary Kempthorne joins Take Pride in America, DOI employees, and Living Lands and Waters in the Capital River Relief cleanup. He and the other volunteers helped pick up trash along the shore of the Potomac River . Last year, Capital River Relief volunteers collected 70 tons of garbage over a 30 mile span of the Potomac River.

 

MCC employee, John Polk, recieves President’s Volunteer Service Award from MCC Deputy CEO Rodney Bent. Mr. Polk was awarded the bronze award for volunteering more than 100 hours as an English as a second language teacher at a church.

 

MCC employee, Karen DeLaBarre Chase, recieves President’s Volunteer Service Award from MCC Deputy CEO Rodney Bent. Ms. Chase was presented with a silver award for volunteering over 250 hours with the Girl Scouts, the Boy Scouts, a local church and a school.

 

Secretary of Veterans Affairs Nicholson traveled to Baltimore on Monday to present the President’s Volunteer Service Lifetime Achievement Award to Clifford Stoffel, a veteran who contributed more than 4,000 hours of service in the VA Maryland Health Care System as a volunteer with the Disabled American Veterans transportation network at the Glen Burnie, Md., VA Outpatient Clinic. Nicholson also gave awards to other volunteers who have served at the Baltimore VA Rehabilitation and Extended Care Center and regional outpatient clinics.

 

U.S. EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson, right, with Utah Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr., and Jay Olsen with his wife, Tawny, and Shad, one of their nine children, after Administrator Johnson presented Mr. Olsen with the President's Volunteer Service Award on April 17 in Salt Lake City. Olsen, of Ephraim, Utah, has been an active volunteer and leader in watershed protection in Utah. "Today we honor Jay Olsen for answering President Bush's call to serve a cause greater than himself," said Administrator Johnson. "Dedicated volunteers like Jay are inspiring others to join them in delivering America a brighter, healthier future."

 

The 2007 Easter Egg Roll was held on April 9, 2007 on the South Lawn of the White House. In addition to First Lady Laura Bush, special guest readers included NASCAR driver Kasey Kahne and actor Stephen Baldwin - both members of the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation. Shrek, Bugs Bunny, Charlie Brown, Clifford the Big Red Dog, the Official White House Easter Bunnies and many other strolling characters also entertained children.

 

USA Freedom Corps Associate Director Katie Loovis delivers remarks about volunteer service and civic engagement to the nearly 400 youth and adult delegates at the National 4-H Conference in Washington, DC, Monday, March 26, 2007.

 

EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson honored Robert E. Fairbank, Jr. with the President’s Volunteer Service Award on March 21, 2007 at the National Water Infrastructure Conference in Atlanta. Fairbank has been an active volunteer and leader in Mississippi and throughout the southeast as President of the Wolf River Conservation Society, where he helped preserve more than 2,500 acres of river bank along 24 miles on both sides of the Wolf River.

 

EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson honored Jay Gilliam of Rockbridge County, Va., with the President’s Volunteer Service Award in Mount Vernon, Va., on March 19, 2007. Gilliam has been an active volunteer and leader in Virginia water monitoring for more than 15 years, working with Virginia Save Our Streams and the Foundation for Virginia’s Natural Resources.

 

President George W. Bush talks with the media after walking through the tornado damage at Enterprise High School in Enterprise, Ala., Saturday, March 3, 2007. "And today I have walked through devastation that's hard to describe," said the President. "Our thoughts, of course, go out to the students who perished. We thank God for the hundreds who lived."

 

President George W. Bush walks through tornado damage at Enterprise High School in Enterprise, Ala., Saturday, March 3, 2007. The President visited people affected by storms in Americus, Ga., and Enterprise, Ala.

 

On February 26, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Stephen L. Johnson honored environmental activist Dorothy Green, a leader in California water policy, with the President’s Volunteer Service Award. Administrator Johnson gave the award before speaking at the Faster Freight - Cleaner Air Conference in Long Beach, Calif.

 

President George W. Bush visits with children at YMCA Anthony Bowen in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2007.

 

President George W. Bush visits YMCA Anthony Bowen in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2007. 

 

President George W. Bush, joined by Mrs. Laura Bush, talks with reporters during a briefing on volunteerism in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2007, seen with Jean Case, chair of the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation, and Bob Goodwin, president and CEO of Points of the Light Foundation and Volunteer Center National Network.

 

President George W. Bush greets volunteers big and small during Martin Luther King, Jr. Day at Cardozo Senior High School in Washington, D.C., Monday, Jan. 15, 2007. "One of the things that Mrs. King wanted was for MLK Day to be a day of service. It is not a day off, but it's a day on," said the President. "And so I'm here at Cardozo High School to thank the hundreds of people who have showed up to serve the country by volunteering."

 

President George W. Bush lends a hand and his best brush strokes at Cardozo Senior High School in Washington, D.C., as volunteers spend Martin Luther King, Jr. Day painting murals of historical figures and local landmarks like the front of "Ben’s Chili Bowl" Monday, Jan. 15, 2007.

 

U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings presents the President's Volunteer Service Award to Winona Varnon for her outstanding service helping others. On January 11, 2007, Secretary Spellings visited M. Hall Stanton Elementary School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to mark Martin Luther King, Jr. Day by commending students, teachers, and administrators for their success in narrowing the achievement gap. During a school assembly, Secretary Spellings joined Paul Vallas, President and CEO of the School District of Philadelphia, in recognizing M. Hall Stanton Elementary for outstanding improvement over the past few years.

 

Jack Hawkins, Director of the VfP Initiative at USAID with Archie Wainright (center) who received the President’s Call To Service Award from USA Freedom Corps Director Desiree Sayle (right) on December 5th.

 

President George W. Bush greets Martin Luther King III and his sisters, Yolanda Denise King and Bernice Albertine King, Monday, Nov. 13, 2006, following President Bush’s speech at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

 

On October 27, 2006, Austin Marks, who returned to his native New Orleans to help the city rebuild after Hurricane Katrina, became the 500,000th person to receive the President's Volunteer Service Award when President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation Chair Jean Case bestowed the milestone award upon him during the Association of Small Foundations national conference in New Orleans, LA.

 

The President's Council on Service and Civic Participation welcomed three new members, who were sworn in by White House Council Harriet E. Miers: actress Janine Turner and Kelly Perdew, who was the winner on the second season of The Apprentice, and Daniel C. Wuerffel, a former Heisman Trophy winner and NFL football player who now is executive director of the Desire Street Ministries in New Orleans.

 

Desiree T. Sayle, Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of USA Freedom Corps delivers remarks to the public meeting of the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation held in Washington, DC on October 12th, 2006. The 25-member President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation was given a charge by President Bush to promote an ethic of service and to recognize the millions of Americans who are giving back to their communities through generous acts of service. To date, more than 16,500 organizations are part of the Council’s network, and together they have honored nearly 500,000 of America’s volunteers with the President’s Volunteer Service Award.

 

On behalf of the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation, Council member Charles Turlinski recognizes Lockheed Martin as an exemplary Leadership Organization for the Presidential Volunteer Service Award program. Lockheed Martin is one of the 16,500 organizations that are certified to present the awards. The President's Volunteer Service Award was created at the President’s direction by the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation. The Award is available to youth ages 14 and under who have completed 50 or more hours of volunteer service; to individuals 15 and older who have completed 100 or more hours; and to families or groups who have completed 200 or more hours. For more information about the Award, please visit www.presidentialserviceawards.gov.

 

On behalf of the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation, Council member Hope Taft recognizes the Department of Veterans Affairs as an exemplary Leadership Organization for the Presidential Volunteer Service Award program. The Department of Veterans Affairs is one of the 16,500 organizations that are certified to present the awards. The President's Volunteer Service Award was created at the President’s direction by the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation. The Award is available to youth ages 14 and under who have completed 50 or more hours of volunteer service; to individuals 15 and older who have completed 100 or more hours; and to families or groups who have completed 200 or more hours. For more information about the Award, please visit www.presidentialserviceawards.gov.

 

On behalf of the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation, Council member Cokie Roberts recognizes the Girls Scouts of the USA as an exemplary Leadership Organization for the Presidential Volunteer Service Award program. The Girls Scouts of the USA are one of the 16,500 organizations that are certified to present the awards. The President's Volunteer Service Award was created at the President’s direction by the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation. The Award is available to youth ages 14 and under who have completed 50 or more hours of volunteer service; to individuals 15 and older who have completed 100 or more hours; and to families or groups who have completed 200 or more hours. For more information about the Award, please visit www.presidentialserviceawards.gov.

 

On October 12, 2006, President's Council on Service and Civic Participation Chair Jean Case presented the President’s Volunteer Service Award to Adrienne Piazza at a President's Council event in Washington, DC. Piazza has been a National Student Partnerships volunteer for the last six years. She volunteered with National Student Partnerships while attending Georgetown University; during that time she assumed NSP's highest student leadership role as a Local Director and was selected to be the student representative to NSP's Board of Directors. Since her graduation from Georgetown in 2004, she has continued serving with National Student Partnerships; as a graduate student at George Washington University she serves as the chair of their Alumni service committee and is organizing a nationwide NSP day of service to intersect with Make a Difference Day.

 

On October 11, 2006, President's Council on Service and Civic Participation member Kelly Perdew presented the President’s Volunteer Service Award to Calvin Hawkins at a President's Council event in Washington, DC. Hawkins is a volunteer member of the Prince George's County Citizen Corps Council and serves as the Council's "Chief of Community Affairs and Education." Calvin also coordinates CERT training for the Department of Emergency Management of Prince Georges County.