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need to win a medal. For the bronze, you must rack up 210 hours over at least seven months. For the silver, 420 hours over at least 15 months. For the gold, 840 hours over at least 24 months.
For an activity to be approved, it must fall into one of these categories:
• Voluntary public service, which can be anything that benefits the community and that you don't get paid for. Possibilities include roadside clean-ups, tree plantings, visiting shut-ins, assistant coaching with children's sports teams, church activities that benefit the community (such as collecting gifts for needy children at Christmas), and working with community theater groups.
• Personnel development, which is where you can count all those hours you rack up with fun activities such as music lessons, horseback riding, hunting, woodworking, amateur radio, or stamp collecting.
• Physical fitness, any sport you do can count in this category, including non-organized ones, such as roller blading, skateboarding, bowling, and weight training.
• Expedition or exploration, which requires you to plan and pull off a one-time adventure, such as a bicycle tour, camping trip, or horseback endurance ride. Living in a different culture from yours can also count in this category, such as being a foreign exchange student or spending time in the home of an Amish family.
Diana Corbin, a resident of Slate Mills and a mother of five, has spent the last six months urging various Rappahannock • students to get involved in, the Congressional Award program.
One of the teens she approached last spring, 16-year-old Allison Lofton, finally decided to send in an application last week to the Congressional Award's regional
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