Presidential Volunteer Service Awards

Pins honoring hours of volunteer service.

We have several RSVP volunteers at our museum. RSVP stands for Retired Senior Volunteer Program. These volunteers work at least one day a week at the museum at a variety of tasks.  They are extremely valuable staff members and make a huge difference in the quality of service we can offer our guests. We encourage everyone to check out the RSVP program. Contact

Dolcee Hoffman

Warren County Community Services, Inc.

570 N. State Rt. 741

Lebanon, OH 45036

513-695-2252

The RSVP program has had a 20% funding cut this past year and has had to delay its appreciation banquet until later in the year.  In the past, volunteers could get some mileage reimbursement for driving to their volunteer destination, but that too has gone by the wayside.

That doesn't seem to matter however. The people signed up with the RSVP program seem to be happy with their work and the satisfaction they get from providing service to the museum seems to be enough compensation.

The local RSVP program managed by Warren County Community Services, may be short of funds this year, but they will be able to recognize local RSVP volunteers through the Presidential Volunteer Service Award program.  Most of our volunteers will qualify for the Silver Medal award.  See the criteria below.

Award Criteria

Any individual, family, or group can receive Presidential recognition for volunteer hours earned over a 12-month period or over the course of a lifetime at home or abroad. The following are the eligibility requirements for each age group:

• Kids: Age 5-14
• Young Adults: Individual Age 15-25
• Adults: Individual Age 26 +

Presidential Volunteer Service Award Criteria

Bronze Level

Kids: 50 to 74 hours
Young Adults: 100 to 174 hours
Adults: 100 to 249 hours
Family & Groups: 200 to 499 hours

Presidential Volunteer Service Award Criteria

Silver Level.

Kids: 75 to 99 hours
Young Adults: 175 to 249 hours
Adults: 250 to 499 hours
Family & Groups: 500 to 999 hours

Presidential Volunteer Service Award Criteria

Gold Level.

Kids: 100 hours or more
Young Adults: 250 hours or more
Adults: 500 hours or more
Family & Groups: 1000 hours or more

President’s Call to Service Award

Presidential Volunteer Service Award Criteria

All Ages
4,000 hours or more of volunteer service (over a lifetime).

Personalized Certificate

Congratulatory Letter from President Barack Obama

Dinner and a Murder





A sell out crowd enjoyed dinner and a murder Saturday evening, February 11, 2012 at the Lebanon Conference and Banquet Center.  The evening, a joint venture of the Lebanon Theatre Company and the Warren County Historical Society featured the play "I'm Getting Murdered in the Morning" a play about a wedding reception with a murdered body on the dance floor.

Damage Control Expert Parker assures the crowd that the murder is no big deal.

Guests dined on a sumptious buffet of baked glazed ham, broccoli casserole, scalloped apples and two salads all fresh made and catered by Marilyn Carter of Carter Catering while the "wedding guests" tried to come to terms with a dead man on the dance floor. 

Brenda wants to get on with the wedding by Eddy isn't so sure.



Sponsor Lebanon Kroger Marketplace baked the wedding cake and the cupcakes.  Many thanks to the Lebanon Theatre Company and all the actors who volunteered their time and effort to make the event a success. Special thanks to Jay Fultz for choosing a wonderful play and directing the production.  Thanks to WCHS Curator's Jessica Thress and Lynley Dunham for staging the wedding reception and to Board Member Bill Rivers and his wife Ann for cleanup services.  A great time was had by all!

She Won Two American Girl Dolls!

The gift shop inside the Warren County History Center sells American Girl books and mini-dolls. Once a year the American Girl company allows us to have a drawing for a full sized American Girl Doll. Sometimes its just one doll and some times its two.  This year the company is launching two new dolls from New Orleans, circa 1850's.   The drawing took place on January 3 and Marah Belle Campbell of Middletown won both dolls.

Marah Belle Campbell with her two full sized American Girl Dolls, Cecile and Marie-Grace of New Orleans circa 1853.