How to Apply For Volunteer Hours
You may report volunteer hours and request a volunteer certificate from IT club by submitting this google form. In the google form, we ask you to attach a document showing your self-tracked volunteer hours indicating service date, activity and hours (see volunteer hour tracking template).
President’s Volunteer Service Award
The President’s Volunteer Service Award is a program which gives citizens the opportunity to receive recognition for the community service they do. The IT Club's PVSA season begins on Sept. 1 and ends Aug. 31 the following year.
In order to apply for the PVSA from The IT club, you need to request volunteer certificates from the non-profit organizations (eg. IT club) from which you earned your volunteer hours and then submit the PVSA application form.
Please note that The IT club accepts up to 40% of total verified volunteer hours from other non-profit organizations for those who are registered as IT club members. The rest must be volunteer hours obtained from IT Club activities. We do not accept volunteer hours from other organizations unless we obtain verified proof, which includes official volunteer certificate with the header of the external organization and signatures from the organization's representative(s).
Qualifying hours
Qualifies:
Volunteering at an event you signed up for and received confirmation for your role/responsibility
Planning/leadership meetings that you contribute to and prepare for
Sending emails related to event planning/preparation
Doesn't qualify:
Communicating in an IT Club group chat
Lack of service or engagement while volunteering
Failing to follow IT Club Volunteer Agreement (Code of Conduct) while volunteering
Coming to an event without signing up
Signing up to an event but not showing up
Meetings in which you do not contribute any meaningful content