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GYC Students Receive Presidential Volunteer Service Award

GREENSBORO, NC -- (August 11, 2008) -- Five Greensboro Youth Council volunteers have received the Presidential Volunteer Service Award.

There are four levels of the Presidential Volunteer Service Award including bronze, silver, gold and call to service. The following local students received the Gold Award: Jasmine Echols, Gordon Farley, Angelica Mickel, Johnathan Petty and Shabaza Vaird. They also received a personalized certificate of achievement and a congratulatory letter from the President of the United States.

The students have given more than 300 hours back to the community through the Greensboro Youth Council. The Greensboro Youth Council is a volunteer organization for high school students in Guilford County that teaches leadership, responsibility, parliamentary procedure, and the importance of being involved in the community. 
 
Created by the President Council Service, the volunteer award was created in response to the 2002 State of the Union address where President George W. Bush challenged all Americans to give back to their communities through volunteerism.

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