Congratulations on the award! I know that most people do not do their volunteer work for an award but because they have a generous, servant heart....but it is also encouraging to be recognized and acknowledged.
My parents modeled service as I was growing up and I also taught my children to volunteer without expecting anything in return...just the satisfaction of doing good for someone or something.
Being a pastor's wife there was always some need in church, but I always felt that that fell in with my duties as his wife. Volunteering for me was seeing a need in other places also. Now that I am an old widow, I continue to volunteer. For many years I have volunteered at local food bank, once a week clerk at a non-profit fair trade store, visit some elderly friend in the rest homes, take others to medical appointments, shopping for some that can't shop, teach a sewing/quilting class, ( i provide most of the fabrics from my stash).