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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.
To be considered, students must meet the following requirements:
- Be a graduating senior and current resident of the City of Milton.
- Accumulate the majority of their volunteer hours (at least 75%) within Milton city limits during grades 9–12.
- Volunteer service must be unpaid and benefit the community, nonprofit organizations, government programs, or school-affiliated initiatives.
- A clear, well-documented spreadsheet of hours must be submitted. A sample format will be provided.
- 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.