Presidential Volunteer Service Award

This year Happy Trails was able to recognize our volunteers with a new award program, the Presidential Volunteer Service Award.  This award began in 2003 when President Bush created the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation to find ways to recognize the valuable contributions volunteers are making in our Nation.  The President’s Volunteer Service Award program is a way to thank and honor volunteers who demonstrate commitment and inspire others to engage in volunteer service.  Happy Trails is now recognized as a certifying organization.  While all of our volunteers are eligible at one of the levels, we chose the six volunteers with the most volunteer hours. The criteria for a bronze award are young adults who volunteer 100 to 174 hours and adults 100 to 249 hours.  We awarded 3 bronze awards.  Amanda Fedderson was eligible with 125 hours Becky Fedderson volunteered 166, and our Saturday morning volunteer instructor, Terri Erskine had 165 hours. The criteria for a silver award are young adults who volunteer 175 to 249 hours and adults 250 to 469 hours.  Krissy Fedderson with 197 hours Rachel Sutton with 244 hours The criteria for a gold award are young adults who volunteer 250 hours or more, and adults 500 hours or more.  This honor went to Caitlyn Wainwright who volunteered 284 hours this year. The Award recipients will receive a personalized certificate of achievement, a congratulatory letter from the President of the United States, a congratulatory letter from the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation, and an official President’s Award pin. We are so proud of all of our volunteers and honored that they have chosen Happy Trails to donate their time.  This year, our arena volunteers donated 3721.75 hours!