Please join us in congratulating Dr. Richard White for being awarded the esteemed President’s Volunteer Service Award from President Barack Obama’s Council on Servie and Civic Participation.
Dr. White was recognized for his commitment to strengthening our Nation and for making a difference through volunteer service.
Among many things, Dr. White leads and participates in numerous free skin cancer screenings, volunteers with the less fortunate in our communities, and teaches residents from all over the country. Dr. White was recognized with an official certificate and letter from the White House. The letter from the President Obama states:
“Congratulations on receiving the President’s Volunteer Service Award, and thank you for helping to address the most pressing needs in your community and our country.
In my Inaugural Address, I stated that we need a new era of responsibility–a recognition on the part of every American that we have duties to ourselves, our Nation, and the world. These are duties that we do not grudgingly accept, but rather seize gladly, firm in the knowledge that there is nothing so satisfying to the spirit that giving our all to a difficult task. Your volunteer service demonstrates the kind of commitment to your community that moves America a step closer to its great promise.
Our Nation faces the most challenging economic crisis in a lifetime. We will only renew America if we all work together. Individuals, the private sector, and government must combine efforts to make real and lasting change so that each person has the opportunity to fulfill his or her potential.
While government can open more opportunities for us to serve our communities, it is up to each of us to seize those opportunities. Thank you for your deveoption to service and for doing all you can to shape a better tomorrow for our great Nation.”