Petit Women "Be the Change" Community Service Awards

April 10, 2026

1. Students in grades 9-12 in good academic standing at Plainville High School are eligible to apply. Can be individual or group. 

2. Any volunteer activity can be nominated but preference will be given to those that were:

• Student initiated.

• Have not been done as part of another requirement for a specific award.

• Involve kindness, and activism as noted above.

3. It is expected that the majority of nominations will be self-nominations. In the event that a student does not self-nominate, a nomination will be accepted from another student or from the organization/persons that were benefited by the service.

4. The student or team need only submit one written page describing the community service that was performed. The student/team should note how both the recipient of the service as well as the student/team benefited from the service. The document should be sent as an email to info@petitfamilyfoundation.org as a Word document.  

5. A second letter from the organization/person/observer of this activity must be submitted (letter of recommendation) simultaneously with each individual or team application. It should be one page and submitted as noted in 4 above.