To promote life long volunteerism and honor outstanding community service performed by students

Honor Through Service

The Platinum Torch National Service Honorary was founded to provide a way to honor and encourage the volunteer efforts of America's students.

Being a member of the Platinum Torch National Service Honorary will set you apart and aid in describing who you are, what you stand for, and the quality of your character. It will provide you with verifiable national achievement and distinction for the community service that you have performed in the form of the Community Service Transcript.

The Platinum Torch is the only national organization that honors students solely based on outstanding community service. Chapters may be created at the high school and college level, which allows members to participate in a new and dynamic movement to promote the importance of community service on your campus. Forming a chapter gives recognition of your high school or college in the Platinum Torch community, with an installation convocation that will be conducted at the end of the school year, along with Achievement Level awards given to members.

If you are registered with the Platinum Torch and wish information about our scholarships, please visit the Scholarship Program.

If you would like to support the Platinum Torch Scholarship Drive Program or our Seed Grant Program, please visit our Make A Donation page.

"The most important thing I have learned from volunteering... is that by helping the community as a whole, I have given some of its members a chance to improve their own lives, and thus improve the well-being of the entire community. I have learned in my life that there is always someone out there whose life is more difficult and challeging than yours. Community service allows you to gain perspective by aiding others. I have learned that by being a part of something larger than yourself, you can find out what life is really all about."

--Brian, Member of Platinum Torch, The College of New Jersey

"I have learned from community service to be patient and nonjudgmental of others because we have so much to learn from each other."

--Sherri, Member of Platinum Torch, University of Pittsburgh

"You give but little when you give of your possession. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give."

--Kahlil Gibran