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Community Relief Service Award

Purpose

To encourage BPA chapters to “get involved” by providing volunteer services, to assist with disaster services, to participate in blood drives, and/or to raise and donate monetary support for relief organizations.

Eligibility

All chapters having completed at least 50 hours of community/school service or raise and donate $500 to disaster relief are eligible for the Community Relief Service award.

Qualifications

Activities may include the following, but are not limited to:
  • Chapter Volunteers
    • Chapter members can be trained in Disaster Service and Health.
    • Chapter members can become involved with local disaster relief units, assisting with local disasters relief by providing volunteers help and support.
    • Chapter members can become volunteers in a wide range of community programs and services.
  • Blood Drives
    • Chapter sponsors or helps sponsor a school and/or community blood drive.
    • Chapter members volunteer to help conduct a blood drive.
    • Chapter members participate in a blood drive by donating blood.
  • Fundraising/Donating Monetary Support - Chapters can conduct fundraising activities and donate collected funds in a variety of ways.

Specifications

  • Each activity must be reported via a 300-800 word article written by a chapter member in the BPA.org Custom Web Site System before March 15. Each article must include the following:
  • A full description of the activity (what happened, how it went, who was involved).
  • The goals and results of the activity.
  • A photo related to the activity.
  • A quote from someone involved in the activity.
  • A statement regarding the total money raised, if any.
  • A statement regarding how many total service hours the chapter completed. (See examples below.)
Write and submit each story using the BPA.org Custom Web Site system. When adding the story, be sure to select “Community Relief Service Award” from the “BPA Cares” dropdown box. For information on using the BPA.org Custom Web Site system, go to http://www.bpa.org/resources/customsites.

Examples for counting hours:
2 members received volunteer disaster service training - 2 members x 4 hours each = 8 hours
26 members contributed to and participated in Friday lunchtime bake sale fundraiser – hours reported ranged from 1 to 5 each for each person = 78 hours

Recognition

Up to five Secondary Division Chapters, one Post-secondary Division, and one Middle Level chapter may receive Outstanding Achievement Award recognized and by being called on stage to receive a plaque at the National Leadership Conference.

Deadline

March 15

Submission

Use the BPA.org Custom Web Site system to submit the appropriate articles as described above. Otherwise, no action is necessary. Any chapter that has written and submitted articles as specified will automatically be eligible for the award. For more information on how to use the BPA.org custom Web Site system, go to http://www.bpa.org/resources/customsites.