President’s Youth Volunteer Service Awards

The President’s Youth Volunteer Service Award was established in 2015, to recognize youth under the age of 21 who have made a positive impact on our program by volunteering and mentoring on the local or national level.

Meet the 2025 President Youth Service Award Recipients

To qualify for the President’s Youth Volunteer Service Award, candidates must meet the following criteria:

Nominees must be a current or past racer under the age of 21 years old and have made a positive impact on the Soap Box Derby program.

The nomination process for the President’s Youth Volunteer Service Award is as follows:

Only local race directors, local race presidents, members of the Racing

Commission, Rally Commission, Regional Directors or Headquarter staff may nominate a candidate. The nominator must submit a record of the nominee’s ISBD volunteer hours, as well as any volunteer hours outside our program. Also required is a detailed description of the contribution and impact that the nominee has made on our program.

Nominations will be reviewed for accuracy and compliance by the ISBD staff. Complete nominations will be sent to the Nomination Committee for review and final decision.

Your nomination submission is the primary tool used to determine the merits of each nominee for the President’s Youth Volunteer Service Award. Please refrain from sending petitions, photos, books, etc. If additional materials are required, the ISBD will contact you.