PRESIDENT BUSH TO RECOGNIZE NEW WORLD SCHOOL OF THE ARTS STUDENT
FOR DEDICATION TO VOLUNTEER SERVICE

President George W. Bush will present the President’s Volunteer Service Award to Elliott Knofsky McCarthy, a senior at the New World School of the Arts, when he arrives in Miami, Florida, on Friday, October 12, 2007.  Knofsky McCarthy is a volunteer with the North American Federation of Temple Youth, Temple Beth Sholom and the Student Government Association of Miami-Dade County Public Schools.  

Knofsky McCarthy, 17, volunteers as the Religious and Cultural Vice President for the Southern Tropical Region of the North American Federation of Temple Youth, which provides religious and cultural programs for Reform Jewish youth from Gainesville to Miami-Dade County.  He also serves as a peer leader and volunteer at Temple Beth Sholom in Miami Beach and has been a counselor and mentor for four years at Camp Jenny, an outreach program for elementary school students from inner-city Atlanta.  In addition, Knofsky McCarthy serves as the president of the Student Government Association for Miami-Dade County Public Schools and is the chair of the Children’s Trust Youth Advisory Council.

The President's Volunteer Service Award was created at the President’s direction by the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation.  The Award is available to youth ages 14 and under who have completed 50 or more hours of volunteer service; to individuals 15 and older who have completed 100 or more hours; and to families or groups who have completed 200 or more hours.  For more information about the Award, please visit www.presidentialserviceawards.gov.

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