Celebration U.S.A founder Paula Burton earned following awards:

- Community Service Award - 1985 - DAR “Americanism” Award - 1993 - Paul Herris Fellow Award from the Orange Rotary Club - 1994 - George Washington Honor Medal from the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge - 1993,1994 - California 71st Assembly District´s “1994 Woman of the Year” - Clara Barton Spectrum Award for Outstanding Woman in Orange Country - 1994 - SAR “ Appreciation” Award - 1997 - Performing group representing the state of California in the Independence Day Parade in  Washington D.C.-1995,1997,1999,2000,2002,2004 Boston-2006 - National Society of SAR- MArtha Wahsington Medal - 2000 - California Legislature” Woman of the Year 2001” - National DAR “Founders” Award - 2002 - Grand Marshall- Villa Park boat parade - Orange Country Department of Education Outstanding Contributions to Education” - 2004 - ”Going the Extra Mile”- Villa Park Rotary Club - 2007 - California/Utah Woman of the Year Award - 2007 - Athena Award - 2009 - Villa Park Woman of the Year - 2010

Did you know? Paula Burton performed more than 70 times with the “Catch the Spirit” Singers since 1992