Photo:  Keep America Beautiful

Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of USA Freedom Corps Desiree T. Sayle presented the President's Volunteer Service Award to Joshua Peters of Brooklyn, New York. Peters regularly mentors younger children through the Genesis Homes programs, including the U.S. Department of Justice’s Weed and Seed program. He also works with community improvement projects that are “greening-up” local neighborhoods, such as working with the parks department to create a local success garden.

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