Kohl's Kids Who Care program
Kohl's this year plans to award $300,000 in scholarships and prizes to 1,900 young people ages 6 to 18.
Awards range from $50 to $5,000 and are presented to recognize selfless acts.
Through the Kohl's Kids Who Care Scholarship Program, more than 7,000 scholarships and prizes totaling more than $1.5 million have been awarded to youth volunteers nationwide since 2001.
America's youth contribute more than 1.3 billion hours of community service each year, according to Corporation for National and Community Service figures referred to in a press release from Kohl's.
Last year's national Kids Who Care scholarship winners included a 9-year-old who raised $19,000 to buy 23,000 pounds of food for a local food pantry, a 12-year-old who raised more than $20,000 for kids with life-threatening illnesses and a 17-year-old who founded a school group to increase student and community autism awareness.