Issue Date: April 18, 2004
Local honorees
Are your neighbors receiving special awards for helping others last Oct. 25?
-- These honorees are among 545 newspaper awards, each selected by USA WEEKEND Magazine for its carrier newspaper.
ALABAMA
Decatur Daily. Volunteer Center of Morgan County.
Dothan Eagle. Dothan/Houston County Community of Promise, The Alliance for Youth.
Gadsden Times. Seraaj Family Homes.
(Jasper) Daily Mountain Eagle. Walker Republican Women.
Montgomery Advertiser. Autauga County Humane Society.
Opelika-Auburn News. Jean Dean Reading is Fundamental, Kiwanis Club.
Selma Times-Journal. Cindy Duck, Project PILLOW (Positively Influencing Little Ladies on Womanhood) Talk.
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ALASKA
Juneau Empire. Veterans of Foreign Wars Ladies Auxiliary Post 5559.
(Kenai) Peninsula Clarion. Sexy Senior Dumpster Cleaners, Cooper Landing.
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ARIZONA
(Bullhead City) Mohave Valley Daily News. City of Bullhead City.
Casa Grande Dispatch. Trinity Lutheran Church Youth Group.
(Douglas) Daily Dispatch. The Student Government Association, Cochise College, Douglas Campus.
Kingman Daily Miner. Mohave Downwinders.
(Phoenix) Arizona Republic. Benchmark School.
(Prescott) Daily Courier. Prescott Valley Early Bird Lions.
Sierra Vista Herald. Laureate Beta Delta Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi.
(Sun City) Daily News-Sun. Luke Air Force Base Youth Center, Glendale.
(Tucson) Arizona Daily Star. Canyon Ranch Reservations Department.
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ARKANSAS
(Conway) Log Cabin Democrat. United Way of Faulkner County.
(Fort Smith) Southwest Times Record. Meredith Bagby, Van Buren.
(Hot Springs National Park) Sentinel-Record. City of Hot Springs Animal Services Division Hot Springs Pet Therapy Program.
Jonesboro Sun. Junior Girl Scout Troop 101.
(Mountain Home) Baxter Bulletin. Patsy Johnson, Ramona Pangle, Linda Swaters, Nancy Baledge, Althea Hudson, Karen Rouncebille, Lila Crawford, Ruth Jones and Marty Buchs, Flippin.
Paragould Daily Press. Paragould Animal Welfare Society.
Pine Bluff Commercial. Interested Citizens for Voter Registration.
(Russellville) Courier. Arkansas River Valley TEENSupreme Keystone Club of the Boys and Girls Clubs ARV.
(Searcy) Daily Citizen. White County Quilters' Guild.
(Springdale) Morning News. Pomfret Honors Quarters at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.
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CALIFORNIA
Auburn Journal. Newcastle Elementary School Student Council.
(Barstow) Desert Dispatch. Geraldine "Gerri" Daughrity.
Benicia Herald. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Napa Stake -- Benicia, Vallejo, Napa, Sonoma and St. Helena.
Chico Enterprise-Record. Beyond Fitness, Paradise.
Davis Enterprise. Mrs. Giger's 1st-period reading class, Pioneer High School, Woodland.
(Eureka) Times-Standard. The Diane Cathey Center, Fortuna.
(Fairfield-Suisun City) Daily Republic. Armijo High School Key Club, Fairfield.
(Fremont) Argus. Washington Hospital Employees' Association.
(Hayward) Daily Review. Gabrielle Koizumi and Bancroft Middle School Knitting Club, San Leandro.
Lake County Record-Bee. Lake County Hunger Task Force.
Lodi News-Sentinel. Building Blocks Neighborhood Corporation.
(Long Beach) Press Telegram. Rebuilding Together Long Beach.
The Daily News of Los Angeles. Office of Los Angeles City Councilmember Antonio Villaraigosa.
Madera Tribune. Aaron Chambers.
Marin (County) Independent Journal. Marin Dance Theatre, San Rafael.
(Marysville) Appeal-Democrat. Yuba City High School Key Club.
Merced Sun-Star. Soroptimist International of Los Banos.
Napa Valley Register. Redwood Middle School Block R, Napa.
Oakland Tribune. San Ramon Presbyterian Church and the City of San Ramon.
(Ontario) Inland Valley Daily Bulletin. SBC Pioneers, Airport Central Council, Los Angeles.
(Palm Springs) Desert Sun. St. Margaret's Episcopal School, Palm Desert.
(Palmdale) Antelope Valley Press. Palmdale Hills 4-H and "Dustin Meraz's Gift."
Pasadena Star-News. Monrovia Volunteer Center and the Monrovia We Care Foundation.
(Pleasanton) Tri-Valley Herald. Mustang Earthquakes U-11 girls soccer team, Danville.
Porterville Recorder. Celebrate the Child Within.
Redlands Daily Facts. Habitat for Humanity, San Bernardino Area.
Sacramento Bee. Sacramento Area Community Garden Coalition.
(Salinas) Californian. The Teresa family.
(San Bernardino) Sun. Kiwanis Club of San Bernardino.
San Francisco Chronicle. NICOS Chinese Health Coalition.
San Gabriel Valley Tribune. Bassett Unified School District State Preschool and Project Rainbow, La Puente.
San Mateo County Times. St. Robert's JV Volleyball Team, San Bruno.
Santa Barbara News-Press. Villa Alamar.
Santa Cruz Sentinel. WomenCARE.
Santa Maria Times. Catholic Daughters of the Americas Court Santa Maria 1079.
(Santa Rosa) Press Democrat. Girl Scouts of Konocti Council, Sonoma, Lake and Mendocino counties.
(Torrance) Daily Breeze. First Lutheran School and Early Education Center.
Tulare Advance-Register. Pixley Town Council.
Turlock Journal. Millie Conolley, Hilmar.
Vacaville Reporter. Girl Scout Council of Napa-Solano.
(Vallejo) Times-Herald. National Council of Negro Women for North Richmond Missionary Baptist Church Women's Missionary Union, San Pablo.
(Victorville) Daily Press. California Gold Chapter of Newborns in Need, Apple Valley.
Visalia Times-Delta. Nick Rozier and Frank McKnight.
(Watsonville) Register-Pajaronian. Pajaro Middle School's Club Adelante.
Whittier Daily News. SPIRITT Family Services.
(Woodland) Daily Democrat. Special Needs Support Group.
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COLORADO
Denver Post. Volunteers of America's "Rake Up Colorado!" Denver and Larimer counties.
Durango Herald. Sweetie Marbury and Montezuma Cortez High School Drama Department, Support Our Soldiers (SOS).
Fort Collins Coloradoan. Dean's Office Volunteers (DOVes) from the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University.
Greeley Tribune. Ray H. Banks for Bugles Across America.
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CONNECTICUT
(Bridgeport) Connecticut Post. East Side Community Council and Career Resources.
(Manchester) Journal Inquirer. Connecticut Children's Place, Willow Cottage residents, East Windsor.
(Meriden) Record-Journal. Major Raoul Lufbery VFW Post 591 and Ladies Auxiliary, Wallingford.
(New Britain) Herald Press. Hubbard Elementary School, East Berlin.
New Haven Register. Century 21/Make-A-Wish Softball, Shelton.
(Norwalk) Hour. New Canaan Country School.
Norwich Bulletin. "Linking the Ages for All Ages" -- Colchester Senior Center, Jack Jackter Elementary School, Colchester Intermediate School, William J. Johnston School and Bacon Academy, all in Colchester.
(Torrington) Register Citizen. St. Francis of Assisi School.
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DELAWARE
(Wilmington) News Journal. The Greens and the Evanchos, Newark.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington (D.C.) Times. The National Society of Collegiate Scholars and American University's Kogod School of Business.
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FLORIDA
Boca Raton News. Phi Sigma Sigma sorority, Zeta Mu Chapter, Florida Atlantic University.
Bradenton Herald. Island Middle School, Holmes Beach.
(Brooksville) Hernando Today. Compassion Spay/Neuter.
Charlotte (Harbor) Sun and Weekly Herald. Bon Secours-St. Joseph Healthcare Group Parish Nurse Ministry, Port Charlotte.
(Crystal River) Citrus County Chronicle. United Way of Citrus County and Nature Coast Volunteer Center, Lecanto.
Daytona Beach News-Journal. City of Ormond Beach, Halifax Habitat for Humanity, Citizens for Ormond Beach, Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association, Halifax Urban Ministries, Ormond Beach.
(Fort Lauderdale) South Florida Sun-Sentinel. City of Coral Springs.
(Fort Myers) News-Press. Southern Extreme Water Ski Show Team, Estero.
(Jacksonville) Florida Times-Union. Westside Wranglers 4-H Horse Club.
(Leesburg) Daily Commercial. Richard D. Knott Memorial American Legion Post 219, Auxiliary Unit 219, and Sons of the American Legion Squadron 219, Fruitland Park.
(Marianna) Jackson County Floridan. Literacy Volunteers of Washington County, Chipley.
(Melbourne) Florida Today. Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy.
(Panama City) News Herald. Special Olympics Bay County.
Pensacola News Journal. Kristen Lowe, Pace.
St. Augustine Record. Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, St. Johns River Community College.
Villages Daily Sun. Carroll King, Summerfield.
(Winter Haven) News Chief. Sunshine Foundation's Dream Village, Loughman.
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GEORGIA
Albany Herald. Flint River Habitat for Humanity.
Athens Banner-Herald. Athens Youth Service Connection.
Augusta Chronicle. Christian Service Committee of St. Teresa of Avila Catholic Church.
Brunswick News. The ALTARnative Youth Ministry at Taylors United Methodist Church.
(Carrollton) Times-Georgian. Mt. Zion Jr. Optimist Octagon International Club, Mount Zion.
(Cartersville) Daily Tribune News. Cartersville Service League.
Cordele Dispatch. Rosa L. Lawson and Group of Women Who Care, Unadilla.
(Dalton) Daily Citizen. Smyrna Baptist Church, Chatsworth.
(Douglasville) Douglas County Sentinel. Chapel Hill High School FBLA.
(Dublin) Courier Herald. T. Lake Environmental Design, East Dublin.
Griffin Daily News. Girl Scouts of Pine Valley Council, Service Unit 647, Spalding County.
(Lawrenceville) Gwinnett Daily Post. The Gwinnett Coalition for Health and Human Services.
Marietta Daily Journal. Defense Contract Management Agency Atlanta.
(Milledgeville) Union-Recorder. Volunteers of Milledgeville and Baldwin County.
(Moultrie) Observer. Adoptive/Foster Parent Association of Colquitt County, Norman Park.
(Newnan) Times-Herald. Coweta County 4-H Club.
(Rockdale/Newton County) Sunday Citizen. Marcie Howington, Covington.
Rome News-Tribune. LaFayette High School Army JROTC.
Savannah Morning News. Isle of Hope Elementary PTO.
Thomasville Times-Enterprise. Thomas County Department of Family and Children Services.
Tifton Gazette. Tifton Junior Woman's Club and the 20th Century Library Club.
Valdosta Daily Times. Ambling Companies.
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HAWAII
(Hilo) Hawaii Tribune-Herald. Hilo Downtown Improvement Association.
Honolulu Advertiser. American Cancer Society, Hawaii Pacific, "Tell A Friend."
(Kailua-Kona) West Hawaii Today. Napoopoo Neighborhood Watch, Captain Cook.
(Lihu'e) Garden Island. The Lihu'e Gateway Project, Kaua'i.
IDAHO
(Boise) Idaho Statesman. Boise Rescue Mission Ministries.
Coeur d'Alene Press. Silver Valley Alternative School Make A Difference Day, Kellogg.
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ILLINOIS
(Alton-East Alton-Wood River) Telegraph. Wood River Woman's Club, Wood River.
(Arlington Heights-Chicago) Daily Herald. Ilyce Randell and Canavan Research Illinois, Buffalo Grove.
(Aurora) Beacon News. Three Fires Council Cub Scout Pack 643.
Benton Evening News. James and Kathy Page.
Chicago Sun-Times. Burke Sims and family, Downers Grove.
(Crystal Lake) Northwest Herald. Mary Housholder, Lake in the Hills.
(De Kalb) Daily Chronicle. Newman Catholic Student Center at Northern Illinois University.
(Elgin) Courier News. Gene Diaz, South Elgin.
(Galesburg) Register-Mail. "Footsteps for Family Survival," Abingdon.
(Geneva) Kane County Chronicle. Geneva High School National Honor Society.
(Harrisburg) Daily Register. Hardin County Parent Teacher Organization and the Hardin County Jammin' Clovers 4-H Club, Elizabethtown.
Jacksonville Journal-Courier. Jack Barwick Memorial Make A Difference Day, Morgan County Task Force on Homelessness.
(Joliet) Herald News. Club Aspire.Inspire.
(Kankakee) Daily Journal. Asbury United Methodist Church 5th- and 6th-graders.
(La Salle) NewsTribune. Woodcrafters Unlimited Association, Princeton.
Macomb Journal. VFW Ladies Auxiliary Post 1921.
Marion Daily Republican. Salvation Army Southern Illinois Area Command, Shawnee Alliance for Seniors and League of Mercy.
(Moline) Dispatch. Rich and Betsy Thurman and the Million Can March, Geneseo.
Naperville Sun. Naperville Junior Woman's Club.
Rock Island Argus. Moline Church of Christ children.
Rockford Register Star. American Red Cross, Rock River Chapter, Jake Ball and West Middle School's Builders Club.
(Sterling-Rock Falls) Sauk Valley Sunday. Cub Scout Pack 323, Rock Falls.
(Tinley Park) Daily Southtown. St. Vincent de Paul Society, Incarnation Parish, Palos Heights.
(Waukegan) News Sun. Josh Doughtery and Kurt Morrow, Villa Park.
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INDIANA
(Columbia City) Post & Mail. Eagles in Flight at Columbia City High School.
(Columbus) Republic. St. Bartholomew Preschool.
(Crawfordsville) Journal Review. Binky Patrol of Montgomery County.
(Elkhart) Truth. Zion Lutheran Church Youth Group, Bristol.
(Fort Wayne) News-Sentinel. Windsong Pictures.
(Frankfort) Times. "Aunt" Ruth Dommestrup.
(Franklin) Daily Journal. Pauline Navarro and the Franklin Senior Center.
(Greenfield) Daily Reporter. Hancock Hope House volunteers.
Indianapolis Star. Just Ask Ministries.
(Kendallville-Auburn-Angola) Kendallville Publishing Co. Calvary Chapel of Auburn.
(Lafayette-West Lafayette) Journal and Courier. Boiler Volunteer Network, Purdue University, West Lafayette.
(Marion) Chronicle-Tribune. Health Occupations Students of America at Tucker Career and Technology Center.
(Merrillville) Post-Tribune. St. Jude House, Crown Point.
(Michigan City) News Dispatch. Mayor's Campaign Against Cancer.
(Monticello) Herald Journal. White County volunteers.
(Muncie) Star Press. Albany Volunteer Fire Department, Albany, and Monroe Central School Corporation Parents, Parker City.
(New Castle) Courier-Times. Phi Chi Epsilon Alpha Epsilon, Dublin.
Peru Tribune. Project Linus of Logansport.
(Richmond) Palladium-Item. Circle You Help Center.
(Seymour) Tribune. Ladies Auxiliary of VFW Post 2021, North Vernon.
Vincennes Sun-Commercial. Crawford County VFW Post 4549 and Ladies Auxiliary, Robinson, Ill.
Wabash Plain Dealer. Senior Methodist Youth Fellowship, Lagro United Methodist Church.
(Warsaw) Times-Union. Good Neighbor Fund, Claypool.
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IOWA
Clinton Herald. First United Methodist Church Youth Groups.
(Council Bluffs) Daily Nonpareil. Joan Smith, Council Bluffs, and Kylie Smith, Omaha, Neb.
Des Moines Register. The Marys and Marthas, Clarion.
(Dubuque) Telegraph Herald. Cascade High School Student Council, Cascade.
Iowa City Press-Citizen. Tree of Knowledge, Volunteers & Information, Muscatine.
Sioux City Journal. Club Genesis at Cornerstone Faith Center.
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KANSAS
Dodge City Daily Globe. ETC Volunteer Center and United Way of Dodge City.
Emporia Gazette. Burlington Learn and Serve Project, Burlington Middle School.
Garden City Telegram. Janessa Meeks, Ingalls.
Hays Daily News. Tigers in Service, Fort Hays State University.
Hutchinson News. Supporters of the Melissa Ann Yost Scholarship Fund.
Kansas City Kansan. Shawnee Mission East High School SHARE, Shawnee Mission.
Lawrence Journal-World. Howard Dean campaign volunteers.
Leavenworth Times. Les Novelettes.
Newton Kansan. Ladies Auxiliary VFW Post 971.
Olathe Daily News. New Life Community Church, Gardner.
(Pittsburg) Morning Sun. Cherokee Village Elementary School, Cherokee.
Salina Journal. Bennington Improvement Group.
Topeka Capital-Journal. Manhattan Habitat for Humanity and Lawrence Habitat for Humanity.
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KENTUCKY
(Henderson) Gleaner. Community Involvement Class and Henderson County High School's "Stuff-A-Bus."
(Hopkinsville) Kentucky New Era. Amy Charles and the Hopkinsville Newcomers, First United Methodist Kindergarten, New Work Fellowship Church Sunday school and Singletree Subdivision.
(Louisville) Courier-Journal. Stephanie Garcia and Heroes on Paws 4-H Project.
(Madisonville) Messenger. GE Elfun Volunteers, the Multicultural Leadership Club of Madisonville North Hopkins High School and Boy Scout Troop 90.
Paducah Sun. Hope Unlimited Family Care Center.
Richmond Register. Eastern Kentucky University Office of Volunteerism.
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National judges
-- Paul Newman, actor and philanthropist
-- Robert K. Goodwin, President & CEO, Points of Light Foundation
-- Marcia Bullard, President & CEO, USA WEEKEND Magazine
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Want to Make A Difference, too? Let us help you.
Saturday, Oct. 23, will be the 14th Make A Difference Day. It's not too early to start planning what you can do to improve your community and be a part of this powerful national event.
-- Get advice on planning a project. Call 800-416-3824 for information.
-- Attract people and publicity by registering your plans in the Make A Difference DAYtaBANK, an online directory opening June 1 at makeadifferenceday.com, hosted by MindShares.
>-- Get free supplies from Inkindex, the online product donation system that matches donors to non-profits. In 2003, more than 300 Make A Difference Day project organizers from all 50 states received donated products and access to discounts on merchandise from Hallmark, Ethan Allen and others. Starting June 1, non-profit participants in Make A Difference Day again are eligible for free limited Inkindex membership. For details, go to inkindex.com and click on the Make A Difference Day logo.
-- Receive a $10,000 award. For the 11th year, actor-philanthropist Paul Newman will fund the Make A Difference Day Awards. To compete for one of 10 $10,000 awards, participate on Oct. 23 and send in an entry form describing what you did.
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Prominent participants
*AARP
Aid Association for Lutherans/ Lutheran Brotherhood
Altrusa International Inc.
AmeriCorps
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
Boy Scouts
Boys & Girls Clubs of America
Camp Fire Boys & Girls
Carpet One
Citigroup
DisneyHand
*First Book
*General Federation of Women's Clubs
Girl Scouts
Golden Key International
Honour Society
Goodwill Industries
*Habitat for Humanity
Hecht's
KaBoom!
Keep America Beautiful
Kiwanis
Knights of Columbus
*March of Dimes Foundation
Miss America Organization
MissionFish
*National 4-H Council
*National Assembly
National Fraternal Congress of America
Retired Senior Volunteer Program
Salvation Army
*Share Our Strength
Scholarship America
Special Olympics
Students in Free Enterprise
Telephone Pioneers of America
Take Pride in America
*The Association of Junior
Leagues International
U.S. Air Force, Army and Navy
*USA Harvest
United Way of America
*Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States
*Volunteers of America
*Asterisks identify members of the Make A Difference Day Advisory Board.
This issue was reported by Terry Byrne, Laura Greenspan and Patricia Kime. Pamela Brown is Make A Difference Day editor. Contributing: Troy Artis, Jacqueline Brooks, Michele Hatty, Dennis McCafferty, Frappa Stout.
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