In an awards ceremony at San Antonio College, fifteen students, faculty and staff and two organizations received the Presidential Volunteer Service Award, which is given to citizens and residents who contribute at least 100 hours to the community in a 12-month period.

The Phi Theta Kappa ­ Beta Nu Chapter international student honors society received an award for their community service, which include donating more than 1,300 books to needy students ‹ the second greatest number to be donated by a PTK organization in the U.S.  Also, the SAC Public Administration Club received an award for their community service, which came to 1,360 hours in the past year, and since 1993 the club has donated more than 22,000 hours of community service.

The following individuals, who collectively donated more than 3,500 hours of community service, also received a Presidential Volunteer Service Award:
Linda Aguilar, Chrystal Alexander, Paulina Camacho, Sylvia DeLeon, James Dominguez, Lawrence Freeman, Maria Jimenez, Bridgette Keys, Paul Marmesh, Christine Morgan, Elizabeth Peralta, Janice Reed, Stephen Reyna, Sara Samano, Oscar San Miguel, and James Sutton.  Ms. Reed was the only person to win this award two years in a row.

Honorees received a personalized certificate, lapel pin, a letter from President Bush, and a letter from the President¹s Council on Service and Civic Participation.

San Antonio College students, faculty and staff, who are framed by Service Learning Coordinator Audrey Grams (left) and President Robert Zeigler (right), receive Presidential Volunteer Service Awards for contributing at least 100 hours of service to the community in the past 12 months.
Collectively, more than 3,500 hours were contributed by 15 people, in addition to hours contributed by Phi Theta Kappa Beta Nu Chapter and the SAC Public Administration Club, who were also recognized at the ceremony.

.For more information, call Audrey Grams, Service-Learning Coordinator, at
785-6044 or go to http://www.accd.edu/sac/service/htm/PVSA.htm.

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