Hometown Heroes Honored for Spirit of Community Awards

Everyone loves a hometown hero and America's 102 top youth volunteers will be honored by the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards this May for exemplary acts of volunteerism.  This 2011 award season, residents are encouraged to support their hometown heroes, showing gratitude for everything they have done to better our communities and the world!

What is The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, exactly? Created 16 years ago, the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards represent the United States ’ largest youth recognition program based exclusively on volunteer community service, recognizing young heroes who have made exceptional impacts on the lives of others. Each year, two honorees from each state receive $1,000 dollars, an engraved silver medallion, and an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C. for several days of national recognition events. Support from parents, family, friends and communities show the young heroes the great impact that they are making is being cheered on and recognized.  It is truly inspiring!

While in D.C., ten of the lucky students will be named National Honorees on May 2nd, receiving an additional $5,000, gold medallions, trophies, and $5,000 grants from The Prudential Foundation for a charitable organization of their choice.

Do you want to become part of The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards family?  There are a few ways you can do so:

1. Share the LIVE webcast event with friends and family, which happens on May 2^rd, and urge them to watch.  You can sign up and secure your spot here: www.visualwebcaster.com/event.asp?id=78271

2. Share this information with your social media communities, urging them to talk about volunteering with their families and learn more about this year’s Honorees and their projects.

3. Visit The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards Facebook Page this month and tell us what great volunteer project you and your family plan to do this spring. You can also tweet about your plans using hashtag #spiritawards.

By sharing this webcast event with your family, you will be honoring our youth heroes from your community, while promoting volunteerism.

More information on your hometown hero and the awards can be found at http://spirit.prudential.com .