These are some examples of recent winners:
(Note: For information on other winners, please visit our individual show archives.)
Aired the week of 3/17/10 #1011
Joan Baez, Lifetime E-Chievement Award: Joan is honored for her body of work both musical and activist which for decades has inspired countless individuals to learn more about issues that are challenging our society and to take a stand when one is needed. Joan has consistently and consciously used her own notoriety and celebrity status to educate and engage the public about these issues and to inspire them to get involved in finding solutions.
Website: www.joanbaez.com
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Aired the week of 3/10/10 #1010
Bob Bonfiglio, The Geneseo Bus Program: Bob is the Vice President of Student & Campus Life at SUNY Geneseo, located in a small town in western-central NY. He spearheaded a successful effort to implement the first ever public bus service there, which serves students and the community alike. The bus service, free for students, has cut down car trips to the campus and enables students to safely travel to other nearby communities. Their ridership (43,000 in 2002-3) topped 100,000 this year. And, Bob's effort is being modeled by other campuses.
Website: www.geneseo.edu
Email: bonfig@geneseo.edu
Address: SUNY Geneseo, 1 College Circle, Erwin 221A, Geneseo, NY 14454
Phone: 585-245-5618
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Aired the week of 3/3/10 #1009
Auden Schendler: Auden is the Executive Director of Sustainability at Aspen Ski Co., and author of 'Getting Green Done' (Public Affairs Books, 2009). At Aspen Ski Co., he oversees that company's significant environmental efforts and civic engagement. Auden has been the driving force behind the company's relentless environmental push, including developing the ski industry's first climate policy and the first set of green building guidelines; establishing the first ski-resort supported Environmental Foundation; building the largest solar photovoltaic system in the ski industry and a hydro-electric plant to power some of its operations; and more. He has over 15 years experience as a "sustainable business foot soldier" and environmental researcher and advocate.
Website: www.aspensnowmass.com and www.gettinggreendone.com
Email: ASchendler@aspensnowmass.com
Address: P.O. Box 1248, Aspen, CO 81612
Phone: 970-300-7152
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Aired the week of 2/24/10 #1008
Dick Sanford, Operation Warm: Dick is a retired entrepreneur. Ten years ago, after reading an article in a local paper about kids in poverty that must endure cold weather without warm coats, Dick was inspired to launch this nonprofit. Operation Warm has provided brand new, warm winter coats to hundreds of thousands of children in need, improving their health, well-being, self-esteem, and school attendance. Since starting, they have distributed over 500,000 coats valued at of over $14 million.
Website: www.operationwarm.org
Email: dick@operationwarm.org
Address: 602 Chadds Ford Dr., Ste. 300, Chadds Ford, PA 19317
Phone: 610-388-6305 or 1-800-730-WARM
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Aired the week of 2/17/10 #1007
Mark Johnson & Whitney Kroenke, Playing For Change Foundation: Several years ago Mark assembled a team which traveled the globe to record little-known musicians. This became 'Playing for Change', a series of recordings, a movie, an internet phenomenon, a touring act, a foundation, and an entire movement dedicated to building peace through music by breaking down boundaries and bringing people together. Over the course of this project, Mark and Whitney decided it was not enough for to just record and share this music with the world; they wanted to create a way to give back to the musicians and their communities that had shared so much with them. So in 2007 they created the nonprofit Playing for Change Foundation, to inspire and improve communities in need through music. They are building music schools and providing instruments, classroom supplies, teacher salaries and even things like food and clothes to communities in South Africa, Ghana, and Nepal, and Mali.
Website: www.playingforchange.org
Email: mark@playingforchange.com
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Aired the week of 2/10/10 #1006
Jack Stoner, Building Goodness Foundation: Jack co-founded this nonprofit in 1999 to engage skilled volunteers from the construction trades and the community. They build clinics, schools, shelters, and other structures for communities in need, for impoverished and disaster-stricken areas such as the Gulf Coast, and in developing countries like Haiti and Guatemala. They design and build structures that serve a specific, meaningful objective for these communities. Through over 60,000 volunteer hours dedicated so far, their work is helping to improve the lives of tens of thousands in communities around the world.
Website: www.buildinggoodness.org
Email: jstoner@buildinggoodness.org
Address: PO Box 4325, Charlottesville, VA 22905
Phone: 434-973-0993
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Aired the week of 2/3/10 #1005
Bill Lervaag, Heart of Illinois Harvest: Bill co-founded this Peoria based nonprofit, volunteer-based food rescue and donation organization in 1992. Each week, 65 volunteers transport 5 tons of food from 90 restaurants, grocers and other sources, and deliver it to 70 area agencies that feed the hungry. Since their start, they've rescued nearly 7,000 tons of food valued at nearly $28 million, providing 25 million meals to the hungry.
Website: www.hoiharvest.org
E-mail: blervaag@masterplanfg.com or hoiharvest@sbcglobal.net
Phone: 309-693-0876
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Aired the week of 1/27/10 #1004
Libby & Brad Birky, S.A.M.E. Cafe (So All May Eat): Libby & Brad co-founded this nonprofit restaurant to provide healthy food in a respectful and dignified manner to anyone who walks through the door. The cafe lacks set menus and prices for the organic meals created by Brad, a trained chef. People pay what they feel their meal was worth, or may leave a little more and help out someone less fortunate. If a diner lacks funds, they are encouraged (but not required) to exchange an hour of service. The Birkys developed this idea after years of volunteering at food banks and shelters, where they saw increasing numbers of all kinds of people in need. They've served over 50,000 since 2006.
Website: www.soallmayeat.org
Email: samecafe@gmail.com
Address: 2023 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, CO 80206
Phone: 720-530-6853
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