The Platinum Torch National Service Honorary was founded in 2002 to support the efforts of and provide distinction for American student volunteers, and to further encourage outstanding community service. Membership in the Platinum Torch includes students from high schools and college campuses across the United States.

The Platinum Torch National Service Honorary is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization designed to increase volunteerism on campus, and establish formal recognition on a national basis that community service is acknowledged as an essential component of the academic experience.

By formally recognizing student volunteers on the national level, community service becomes an avenue to differentiate students in the same manner as academic excellence and athletic achievement. By introducing students to the importance of service, the Platinum Torch hopes to develop lifelong patterns of volunteerism and begin a student-based effort to lead by example so as to encourage and inspire community service among their peers.

The Platinum Torch exists to help make a difference in your life as your efforts make a difference in your community. Until now, there has not been any formal avenue to recognize and inspire community service for students.

Too often, standardized test scores and grades are perceived as the only way to stand apart from the crowd. In reality, students with diverse experiences and interests are every bit as important to employers and colleges.

Today, increased applications to colleges and graduate schools had created strong competition for the fixed number of admissions and employers are even more selective during college recruiting. To that end, college admissions, scholarship providers, and corporate recruiters are looking for individuals with a personal code of responsibility, teamwork, and leadership, and they are beginning to use community service as a method of differentiation. The Platinum Torch provides an official Community Service Transcript to admission offices and prospective employers.

Volunteering helps provide those qualities and helps you obtain a competitive advantage on your application or resume.

You are invited to join our growing membership and demonstrate the importance of service not only to your employers and academia, but also to other students…setting an example to your peers.

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