PRESIDENT'S VOLUNTEER SERVICE AWARD
The President's Volunteer Service Award (PVSA) is an award dedicated to honoring those who do outstanding volunteer work. The President of the United States, along with the Corporation for National and Community Service gives out PVSAs to excellent volunteers. In 2021, SMOA became a certifying organization to give out PVSAs to all members and tutors who meet the hour requirements.
YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS
HCASC SUBCOMMITTEE
During the 2020-2021 year, the SMOA team has been working with the Howard County Association of Student Councils (HCASC) to inform Howard County parents about student-led educational service groups to give every student an equal opportunity to succeed.
In 2020, SMOA successfully founded the HCASC Tutoring Committee, which aims to raise awareness about free youth-to-youth volunteer tutoring services and to bring different educational groups together to help them grow and spread their mission of equitable education across Howard County and beyond.
In 2020, SMOA successfully founded the HCASC Tutoring Committee, which aims to raise awareness about free youth-to-youth volunteer tutoring services and to bring different educational groups together to help them grow and spread their mission of equitable education across Howard County and beyond.
INDONESIA SOAP PROJECT
Our partners in Indonesia are creating over 250 bars of anti-bacterial soap to help underserved populations.
Easy access to bar soap is something most of us take for granted here in the United States. However, in our 2nd service location, Indonesia, that isn't the case. In fact, thousands of undeserved people lack access to simple bar soap, and that's where we can help. SMOA's Indonesian team is creating bar soap for donation and purchase, while maintaining socially distant and health guidelines. SMOA's U.S division is financing this project, and the Indonesian division is constructing and distributing the product. To make this project fiscally responsible, SMOA Indonesia is donating one free bar of soap for every two sold. The bars of soap come in 3 varieties: lavender, lemon and vanilla.
Easy access to bar soap is something most of us take for granted here in the United States. However, in our 2nd service location, Indonesia, that isn't the case. In fact, thousands of undeserved people lack access to simple bar soap, and that's where we can help. SMOA's Indonesian team is creating bar soap for donation and purchase, while maintaining socially distant and health guidelines. SMOA's U.S division is financing this project, and the Indonesian division is constructing and distributing the product. To make this project fiscally responsible, SMOA Indonesia is donating one free bar of soap for every two sold. The bars of soap come in 3 varieties: lavender, lemon and vanilla.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE LIBRARY CLASS
In December 2023, SMOA ran a class at a Howard County Library teaching middle schoolers about Artificial Intelligence. The aim of this project is to teach these students about the new wave of STEM, exposing them to the various ways AI can function.
