The Coral Springs City Commission recently recognized 13 student volunteers who received the President’s Volunteer Service Award. The award recognizes individuals who have achieved a certain standard – measured by the number of hours served during a 12-month period or cumulative hours earned through the course of a lifetime.
Kristen Albert, Ryon Eric Dent, Ryan Draddy, Kristina L. Hanson, Kyle J. Holl, Karl Milenkovic III, Michael Reyes, and Ashley Rachel Schemtob received the Gold Level Award for volunteering 250 hours or more of their time. Christopher Kostick received the Silver Level award for completing 207 community service hours. Jordan M. Cohen, Taylor Montagna, Erica D. Plaza and Ryan K. Tison were awarded the Bronze Level Award for completing more than 100 hours each.
“You are examples and role models for our community. If we had every teenager in the community do what you do, there’d be very few issues,” Mayor Scott Brook said. “We can’t tell you enough how much we appreciate what you’ve done and we ask you to keep up that kind of community service in your years to come. Our community needs you and our world needs people like you, so congratulations.”
In 2007, the Coral Springs Police Department's Youth Mentoring Program was accepted as one of the program’s certified organizations. As a certifying organization, the program can verify participants’ service hours, as well as nominate volunteers for the presidential award.
For more information on the awards, visit www.presidentialserviceawards.gov.