Prudential Spirit of Community Awards

The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards program is sponsored by Prudential Financial in partnership with the National Association of Secondary School Principals.

Last year, 167 county 4-H programs selected honorees in this prestigious youth recognition program, and 20 4-H’ers were among the 102 State Honorees for 2012. This recognition is extremely beneficial to individual 4-H’ers who have performed exemplary acts of service in their communities and to 4-H as a whole.

Click here to download a Prudential Spirit Awards implementation packet with complete instructions for nominating 4-H members in your county. 4-H’ers can apply online at spirit.prudential.com or www.nassp.org/spirit. Applications must be submitted to you by November 6, 2012. Then, your county 4-H program can select one middle level Local Honoree for every 1,000 members (or portion thereof) in grades 5-8 and one high school Local Honoree for every 1,000 members in grades 9-12.

Once you have selected your Local Honorees, you must certify their applications online by November 13, 2012. A state-level judging committee will pick the top youth volunteers in each state and the District of Columbia, who will receive silver medallions, $1,000 awards, and a fabulous trip to Washington, D.C., for national recognition events.

In Washington, a national selection committee (on which I serve) will name America’s top 10 youth volunteers for 2013. They win additional $5,000 awards, gold medallions, crystal trophies, and $5,000 grants from The Prudential Foundation for charitable nonprofit organizations of their choice.

If you have any questions or need a paper version of the application form, please call toll-free 877-525-8491. Additional information is available at spirit.prudential.com.