Last year of October 2020, the Philippine National Volunteer Service Coordinating Agency call for the nomination of Search for Outstanding Covid-19 Volunteers. The Search for Outstanding COVID-19 Volunteers (SOCV) is a Recognition Project aimed to highlight the contribution of female and male volunteers who offered their services, skills and resources at this time of pandemic.

This project was initiated by the PNVSCA in coordination with the Regional Development Councils through their Secretariats, the National Economic and Development Authority Regional Offices, and the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao through the Bangsamoro Planning and Development Authority.

As with the annual SOV, the objective of the SOCV is the same which is to identify and recognize outstanding Filipino volunteers and their exemplary performance and achievements in empowering communities and promoting volunteerism as a way of life, contributory to nation-building.