WASHINGTON, D.C. – President George W. Bush today presented the President’s Volunteer Service Award to five outstanding individuals during a ceremony marking Asian Pacific American Heritage Month in the East Room of the White House.

The President's Volunteer Service Award, an initiative of the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation, was established by President Bush in January of 2003 to recognize individuals and organizations that have made a sustained commitment to volunteer service. To date, more than 12,000 organizations have honored 312,000 individuals and groups with this award. To find out more about the President’s Volunteer Service Award, or how your organization can become a certifying organization, visit www.presidentialserviceawards.gov.

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USA Freedom Corps, an office of the White House, was created by President Bush to strengthen and expand volunteer service by Americans. For more information about getting involved in the President’s Call to Service, please visit http://www.volunteer.gov or call 1-877-USA-CORPS.

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