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What is the highest honor a PTA can bestow? An Oregon PTA
Life Achievement Award (previously called Honorary Life
Membership). This is a way to thank a deserving person for
their service to your PTA, school, or community.
An Honorary Life Achievement Award
can be given to anyone your PTA believes deserves such outstanding
recognition. PTAs often make the presentation of an Honorary
Life Achievement Award a highlight of their Founders Day
program or their last program of the school year. But any
time is appropriate for the awarding of this honor.
Think of the people whom your PTA
might like to honor with a Life Achievement Award:
- PTA leader, past or present (great
gift for an outgoing officer)
- The school superintendent or principal
- An outstanding teacher –
perhaps one who is retiring this year
- A senior citizen who serves as
a volunteer in the school
- A school board member
- A police officer who works on
youth programs
- A legislator who has worked for
laws benefiting children
- A newspaper editor who champions
public education
- That volunteer who shows up whenever
needed
To request an Honorary Life Achievement
Award you may call the Oregon PTA office to have an order
form sent to you, or download the form from this site. [Click
here] The cost is $25 and includes a certificate signed
by the Oregon PTA president. A life membership pin is also
available for purchase.
When you give an Honorary Life Achievement
Award, you not only honor someone who has made a contribution
to children’s welfare, but you also help us promote
the work of Oregon PTA. All contributions for an Honorary
Life Achievement Award are placed in the Teacher Education
Scholarship (TES) fund.
Be sure to send a press release of
your Honorary Life Achievement Award presentation to your
local newspaper!
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