SVP Youth Leader Wins Community Service Award

Congratulations to our SVP Youth (SVPY) Youth Director who was recently awarded a President's Volunteer Service Award. In addition to leading SVPY, Nadya Okamoto, a Junior at Catlin Gabel School, created Camions of Care, an organization that provides free care packages of menstrual products for distribution by organizations in Portland. The President's Volunteer Service Award recognizes Americans of all ages who have volunteered significant amounts of their time to serve their communities and their countries and is granted by the Prudential Spirit of Community Award program on behalf of President Obama. See Nadya's blog post about SVPY and a Street Roots news article featuring her and her partner in Camions of Care.

SVP Youth (SVPY) is a youth philanthropy group providing youth members with education and experiences to develop their own giving priorities and skills to carry out their own community work.