President's Volunteer Service Award

The SFKAHM has been designated as a President's Volunteer Service Award (PVSA) Certifying Organization. If you serve at the SFKAHM, you can receive the PVSA. In this regard, the youth service organization "Dosan" was launched under the museum to provide various volunteer opportunities for youth.

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"Dosan" is named after the title of Dosan Ahn Chang-ho, a national visionary, educator, and independence activist, and means "far island." It is said that Ahn Chang-ho gave the title "Dosan" because Hawaii Island looked like a big mountain from a distance from a ship crossing to the United States in 1902. The background of this arc is nationalistic passion, hope, and struggle for independence. It also means "Let's become a person who gives hope and courage."

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SFKAHM has prepared Korean youth to serve in areas that have never been before, citing the very limited service of Korean youth in the Korean community. It also aims to achieve personal growth through service and to establish a system that can contribute to society, and hopes to be a person who gives hope and courage to the mainstream society, the Korean community, and other communities.

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* Operating system :

• Provision of a variety of volunteer programs through the website

• Establishment and management of the service record database of service recipients

• Building a community by revitalizing volunteer clubs and recruiting overseas volunteers

• Understanding and cooperation through regular meetings with volunteers

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* Volunteer Program :

   Translation of materials on immigration history in the U.S. / Production of videos promoting immigration history and historical sites in the U.S. / Establishment and Update of the Dosan and Museum Website / Composition participation / Production of promotional materials for bankruptcy and museum projects / Interviews with immigration figures in the U.S. / Filming, editing, producer (PD), etc

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* Subject to support : Korean Americans who are interested in civil affairs and wish to volunteer can apply from domestic and foreign children to adults

* Recruitment period : From August every year

* volunteer hours : Every year from September to August of the following year (based on 12 months) – the hours of recognition of service for each program shall be in accordance with the standards set by the museum. (EX : American immigration shorts video production - 20 hours )

* Age and Service Hours Category: Applicants must complete certain service hours within one year. Applicants for the Lifetime Achievement Award must meet the accumulated time conditions they have accumulated over several years.