Our supporters may recall that today is a special day for our organization. It is the day that the remarkable life of Mary Powell began. Well today, on Mary’s birthday, as we verified the service hours of another young volunteer, we made yet another...
As 2023 comes to an end, we are proud to recognize another shining example of a young student dedicated to helping others by volunteering her time and talent. Marlin worked with three separate organizations to share her time and her math and computer skills as a...
We met Ellie and Matthew as a result of their volunteer work with the Marine Park Alliance, a non-profit organization in Brooklyn, NY dedicated to providing cultural, environmental and volunteer programming for the health and well-being of all...
Rarely do we meet volunteers who are eligible for the President’s Lifetime Achievement Award, the highest level of the President’s Volunteer Service Award. That’s because it requires 4,000 hours of voluntary service to qualify. It takes a remarkably dedicated...
Tiffany is a bright H.S. student in New York City who is committed to volunteering her skills and compassion for the sake of others. Fascinated by books and numbers as a child, Tiffany has become quite knowledgeable in her own right as she’s gotten older. She...
Joel Reckley not only won this year’s Mary Powell Community Service Award and Scholarship at his HS, but he also qualified for the prestigious President’s Volunteer Service Award, Silver Level, by volunteering over 175 hours between the Brooklyn Library, where he...
The MPF and MMHCA teamed up again to award the Mary Powell Community Service Award and accompanying grants to two very deserving JHS students at Cunningham and Marine Park in Brooklyn. At the MMHCA Civic Meeting, Sydni, a local Girl Scout and 3-year member of her...
The Mary Powell Foundation awarded eight President’s Volunteer Service Awards & Medallions (1 Gold and 1 Lifetime Award and 6 Group Member Awards) to a wonderful group of volunteers helping patients at the Medstar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington D.C.... The MPF Awarded the prestigious President’s Volunteer Service Award to Sung Ji (Jenny) of Fairfax, VA for selflessly volunteering over 250 hours of service to the Georgetown University Hospital over the past year. Sung Ji received a letter from the White House, a...
The MPF is honored to have recognized another graduating senior from the HS for Y&CD with the Mary Powell Community Service Award – 2013. Elizabeth Felix was an active member of the YCD Leadership Class since 10th grade, encouraging students and adults alike to...