WASHINGTON , DC – In honor of National Volunteer Week, this week, the Department of Energy (DOE) will recognize several individuals for their dedication to volunteer service.  In a private ceremony in his office, U.S. Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman today recognized Steven R. Miller with the President’s Volunteer Service Award.  Mr. Miller is an active volunteer who has devoted more than 530 hours to local community organizations in the Washington DC, metropolitan area.  While traveling around the country, tomorrow, members of senior DOE leadership will also recognize other individuals for their dedication to volunteer service.

 

“Steven and the others honored this week set a high standard for all Americans and should be proud of their service, sacrifice and generosity.  We are very fortunate, as a nation, and the Department of Energy recognizes the importance of volunteerism.  I want to thank the volunteers honored this week and volunteers nationwide who play a key role in making this nation so great,” Secretary Bodman said.

 

Mr. Miller is a DOE headquarters employee who has volunteered with the Arlington Public Schools to read to kindergarten classes at the Francis Scott Key Elementary School and to discuss semester topics.  He has also supervised internships of high-school students in DOE’s Office of the Assistant General Counsel for the Environment.

 

Over the past 20 years, Mr. Miller has directed the community CPR training program at his synagogue, Adas Israel, through the Adas Israel Men’s Club.  Mr. Miller also served as a key worker for the Combined Federal Campaign, a disabled patron accessibility assistant at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and as a volunteer at the Shakespeare Theatre.

 

Mr. Miller was born in New York and received his bachelors, masters, and law degree from New York University in New York, NY.  He is an attorney in the Office of the Assistant General Counsel for Environment and has worked at DOE for 28 years.

 

President George W. Bush has called on all Americans to volunteer two years or 4,000 hours over the course of their lifetime. Through the USA Freedom Corps, President Bush wants to help every American answer the Call to Service by strengthening and expanding service opportunities to protect our homeland, support our communities and extend American compassion around the world.  Interested volunteers can find information on the USA Freedom Corps at http://www.freedomcorps.gov/ or by calling 1-877-USA-CORPS.