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The City of Milton Student Service Award honors exceptional graduating seniors who have demonstrated a strong commitment to community service throughout their high school careers.
The young winners will have made a meaningful impact through volunteerism—primarily within the Milton community. This award recognizes what they have done, as well as the commitment and leadership they demonstrated to make such a difference.
Please note that this is a recognition award, not a scholarship, and there is no monetary value attached. The purpose of this program is simply to recognize and celebrate our outstanding graduates for their service and contributions to the Milton community.
To be considered, students must meet the following requirements:
- Be a graduating senior and current resident of the City of Milton.
- Accumulate at least 75% of their volunteer hours within Milton city limits or with an organization that serves Milton residents during grades 9–12.
- Volunteer service must be unpaid and benefit the community, nonprofit organizations, government programs, or school-affiliated initiatives.
- Only active volunteer hours will be considered. Active volunteer hours are defined as time spent directly participating in and providing hands-on service to the community. Passive hours, including but not limited to administrative work, leadership responsibilities, planning, meeting attendance, promotional activities, social media management, or other indirect support activities, do not qualify as active volunteer hours. The City reserves the right to determine whether submitted hours meet the intent of this requirement.
- A clear, well-documented spreadsheet of hours must be submitted. All students must use the template provided by the City of Milton. That template can be found HERE.
- All submissions must include a signed verification from a sponsor affiliated with the service organization(s). This can be indicated on the volunteer hours log or separate letter of verification.
- Volunteer hours may be submitted from multiple organizations, but a verifying sponsor from each organization must sign off.
Approved organizations include (but are not limited to):
- National Charity League
- Young Men’s Service League
- Cambridge CATS
- Scouts (BSA or GSUSA)
- National Honor Society
- Beta Club
- Church-affiliated service groups
If your service organization is not listed, please email Emily Salerno at emily.salerno@miltonga.gov with the organization’s name, purpose, and a verifying contact for review. Verifying organizations must be either school-affiliated groups or organizations associated with a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit.
If a request for a verifying organization does not meet these criteria, it may be submitted to Milton's Parks and Recreation Advisory Board for review.
The following volunteers are hours cannot count to the award:
- Course credit hours unless the student's contribution significantly exceeds the course's expectations
- Court-ordered service hours
- Volunteer hours completed while the student was in elementary or middle school
- Routine family duties
- Unpaid internships
TIMELINE AND OTHER AWARD DETAILS
- All volunteer hours must be completed and submitted for review by March 31 via the online form at the bottom of this page. (Physical/in-person submissions will not be considered.)
- Applicants will be notified if they have or have not received the award no later than April 24.
- All eligible applicants will be approved; there is no cap on the number of awards.
- Award recipients will be formally recognized at the first Milton City Council Regular Meeting in May. (This meeting will begin at 6 p.m. in City Hall.)
- There is no alternate or make-up ceremony for those who cannot attend this meeting. Those who can't make it will still receive their award, but must coordinate a time to pick it up.
- Gold-level winners can wear a City of Milton service cord at their graduation.
- The City's point-of-contact for this award program is Emily Salerno, so reach out to her at emily.salerno@miltonga.gov if you want more information.