30 School Students To Be Felicitated At 10th Annual Pramerica Spirit Of Community Awards On Feb 20

New Delhi: 30 school students from across India, have been shortlisted as the finalists of the 10th Annual Pramerica Spirit of Community Awards for their extraordinary efforts to make a difference in their communities.The children will be felicitated with Silver medallions and Certificates of Achievement at an awards ceremony to be held in Delhi on February 20, 2020.

These finalists were selected from over 3,000 applications received in a nationwide search for the country’s top student volunteers. The shortlisted applicants (16 in the Individual Category and 14 in the Group Category) have worked on diverse community service projects and represent schools from various parts of the country including Delhi, Gurgaon, Noida, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Chennai, Punjab, Rajasthan and Jharkhand.

Two winners in the individual category will be presented with Gold medallions, Certificates of Excellence, a cash prize of Rs. 50,000 each and a return trip to Washington, D.C for the international felicitation ceremony. The members of the winner in the Group category will be presented with Gold medallions, Certificates of Excellence and a cash prize of Rs. 50,000 to be shared among them.

From upgrading skills to empower people, creating employment opportunities for the marginalized, devising technology solutions to improve healthcare services, writing story books about social issues to create awareness among small children, setting up libraries or promoting environment conservation – all these children have done an outstanding job that has impacted the lives of many, reports dekoding.in.

About the Pramerica Spirit of Community Awards

Introduced in 2010 in India, ‘The Pramerica Spirit of Community Awards’ is an annual nationwide search to identify and recognize school students in Classes VI – XII who have made a positive difference in their communities through voluntary community service.

The awards programme organized by Pramerica Life Insurance Co. Ltd. is the India chapter of the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, the largest youth recognition programme in the United States based exclusively on volunteer service. India is the 8th country outside the United States to conduct the Awards programme.