Presentation Quilt Volunteer of the Year Certificate

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Honour your Volunteer of the Year with a landscape award certificate: a red Sawtooth Star quilt beside a muslin label holding the name, year and record.

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A4 and US Letter, composed for each
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Updated 12 November 2026 · Designed by the Hyperstack studio

What is on it

A complete record, not just a name

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Title: The annual volunteer award
Statement: A line of thanks or achievement, written for this topic
Skills: 250 hours of service, Program leadership, Mentoring new volunteers and Community impact
Details: nominated by and service period
Signatures: Executive Director and Volunteer Coordinator

Filled in for each person

Hyperstack fills these from your list when you send.

Recipient name
Program or award name
Issue date
Credential ID
QR code to the verification page

Specifications

Sizes, fonts and colours

Sizes

A4: 297 × 210 mm · 11.69 × 8.27 in
US Letter: 11 × 8.5 in · 279 × 216 mm

Fonts

Libre Caslon Text: Title
Figtree: Text, Labels
Pinyon Script: Recipient name
Herr Von Muellerhoff: Signatures

Google Fonts, free for commercial use.

Colours

Paper#f8f3e6
Ink#1f2a44
Accent#a53a2b
Second accent#7a2e25
Muted text#685f52

Change any colour in the studio.

Design notes

This landscape certificate borrows the old custom of the presentation quilt, the handmade gift a community stitched to thank one of its own. A column of twelve red Sawtooth Star blocks, one for each month, hangs at the left, and the record is written on the quilt's muslin label: the award year in large red numerals, the program, the recipient's name in copperplate script, a short citation, four highlights of the year, who nominated them, the service period, the issue date and credential ID, two signatures and a QR code for verification. It suits a framed presentation at an awards night.

About

Volunteer of the Year Certificate Template, Star Quilt

Once a year, many charities, food banks, hospitals, museums and youth clubs single out one person from the whole volunteer team. The Volunteer of the Year award is usually decided by nominations from staff and fellow volunteers and handed over at the annual meeting, a thank-you dinner or during National Volunteer Week. It recognises a full year of commitment: the hours given, the shifts covered, the newcomers trained and the difference made to the people the organisation serves.

Wording on the template“For a year of faithful, generous service: showing up week after week, leading by example, welcoming every new volunteer and making our whole community stronger, one shift at a time.”

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Words that go with it

The email and the post, written for you

Email to send with it

Subject: Congratulations, name: you are our Volunteer of the Year

Dear name,

It is our great pleasure to tell you that you have been chosen as our Volunteer of the Year. Your name came up again and again in the nominations from staff and fellow volunteers, and it is easy to see why: your time, your steadiness and the way you welcome everyone made a real difference this year.

Your award certificate and badge are ready. Open them to download and print the certificate, and share the badge on your profile so the people around you can celebrate with you.

With heartfelt thanks from all of us.

Hyperstack fills in each person’s name and link when it sends.

Post for the recipient to share

I am honoured to have been named Volunteer of the Year. I started helping out on Saturday mornings without expecting anything, and this year became one of the best of my life thanks to the people I served and the volunteers beside me. Thank you to everyone who nominated me. If you have been thinking about volunteering, start this week. #Volunteering #VolunteerOfTheYear #Community

Recipients share it with one click from their credential page, with the badge attached.

Printing

Printing it well

Print at actual size

Choose “Actual size” or 100% in the print dialog, not “Fit to page”, so the margins and the QR code keep their size.

Use card, not paper

A matte or silk card of 200–300 gsm (about 80–110 lb cover) feels like an award and does not curl in a frame.

Frame it

A4 fits a standard 21 × 29.7 cm frame; US Letter fits an 8.5 × 11 in frame, or an 11 × 14 in frame with a mat. Hang it on its side, as designed.

Mind the edges

Most home printers leave a thin white border. For a design that runs to the edge, use a print shop or your printer’s borderless setting.

Certificate or badge?

Send both. They do different jobs.

Certificate

A full record: name, statement, skills, dates and signatures
Printed and framed, or kept as a PDF
Opens to a page anyone can verify

Digital badge

A small image people put on LinkedIn and in email signatures
Carries the verified details inside it (Open Badges 2.0)
One click shows who earned it and who issued it

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How to send it

From template to everyone’s inbox

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Make it yours
Open the template, add your logo and change any colour or word.
02
Add your people
Upload a spreadsheet, or connect your LMS, HR tool or form.
03
Send it
Each person gets an email and their own credential page, in one go.
04
They share it
Recipients add it to LinkedIn; anyone can verify it from the QR code.