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- Governor’s Award for Volunteering Excellence (GAVE)
- - Statewide volunteer recognition program established by a joint resolution of the Virginia General Assembly in 1984 to provide increased visibility for the achievements of volunteers throughout the Commonwealth. The award became the Governor’s Community Service and Volunteerism Awards program in 1995.
- Governor’s Community Service and Volunteerism Awards
- - Established in 1995 by Executive Order, this statewide volunteer recognition program was developed by the then Governor’s Commission on Volunteerism and Community Service (now Governor’s Advisory Board on National and Community Service) and staffed by the Virginia Office of Volunteerism (VOV) until 1999. At that time, the Virginia Advisory Board assumed responsibility for the award with assistance from VOV.
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