Presidential Volunteer Service Awards for Blue Star Families in 2020

Published: April 20, 2021

Nothing Can Stop These Dedicated Volunteers

Blue Star Families volunteers do it all—from planning special events to helping us tell their Blue Star Families stories, and leading activities for military families across the nation and around the world. Despite a global pandemic, these volunteers stepped up and continued to support military families, and they deserve the highest honor.

As an initiative of the Corporation for National and Community Service, the President’s Volunteer Service Award (PVSA) encourages citizens to live a life of service and lead by example to inspire others to engage in volunteerism. The award recognizes, celebrates, and holds up as role models Americans making a positive impact as engaged and deeply committed volunteers.

Because of this prestigious award, we’re able to amplify our gratitude here at Blue Star Families by joining with the President of the United States to nationally recognize and thank nine of our most dedicated volunteers, who collectively dedicated over 1,467 hours of service.

As we celebrate National Volunteer Week, we’re honored to announce our 2020 President’s Volunteer Service Award recipients:

Judy Staveley
Maryland
100 hours – Bronze Award

Evelyn Walters
Missouri
180 hours – Bronze Award

Kelly Watson
Missouri
302 hours – Silver Award

Melissa Anderson
Missouri
148 hours – Bronze Award

Evgueni Goussev
New York
118 hours – Bronze Award

Elena Goussev
New York
118 hours – Bronze Award

JeTaun Spann-Walker
Tennessee
104 hours – Bronze Award

Patricia Watkins
Tennessee
109 hours – Bronze Award

We’re also proud to recognize TWO amazing military kids who earned a GOLD President’s Volunteer Service Award!

Leonid Nevezhin
New York
188 hours

Analiese Poe
Tennessee
100 hours

Congratulations, and THANK YOU to our 2020 award recipients!

Interested in joining our team of amazing volunteers? We’re always looking for people like you, and invite you to sign up by completing our brief interest form at bluestarfam.org/volunteer.