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Volunteer Certificate Template

A printable certificate of appreciation with organization, volunteer name, optional role and hours lines, date, and a signer line, plus a short how-to for Google Docs.

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Plain text for Google Docs. One certificate body. Optional role and hours lines you can delete. Not a PDF and not a tax receipt. Enter your email below to get the file instantly (Text / Google Docs).

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A volunteer certificate is a recognition document, not a tax receipt. This file is one certificate body in plain text. Paste the body into Google Docs, replace the bracketed fields, and print from Docs. It is not a PDF download.

Organization name, volunteer name, date, and a signer line are in the body. Role and hours are optional lines. Delete them if you are not stating a role or hours. If you state hours, match the name and hours to your volunteer log before you print.

Do not treat volunteer time as a tax-deductible contribution by the volunteer. Do not record general volunteer hours as in-kind revenue. This is not legal, tax, or accounting advice.

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