National Award Codes

The National Awards Codes screen allows you to create a new voluntary service award or to edit the properties of an existing award. Awards are given to Voluntary staff annually, based on their total hours of service. Each award has a name, a number of hours, a number of hours required for eligibility, and a two-digit code used by the VSS system. Each award is also associated with an age category.

Because volunteers are designated for awards in advance of receiving them, the hours required for eligibility may be less than the hours that an award represents.

To add a new award code

  1. Click New.
  2. Enter a code for the award the Code field.
  3. Enter a name for the award in the Name field.
  4. In the Required Hours field, enter the number of hours required to be eligible for this award.
  5. In the Award Hours field, enter the number of hours of work the award is for.
  6. (Optional) Select an age group for this award from the list in the Award Type field.
  7. Click Post to save your changes. "Record posted" displays at the top of the screen.

To edit an existing award code

  1. Select an existing award code from the list in the Edit an Existing Award Code box.
  2. Click Edit. The selected award code information will populate the screen.
  3. Change the information in the award fields as desired.
  4. Click Post to save your changes. "Record posted" displays at the top of the screen.