Awards, Jan 15, 2009

The following awards have been presented for work in advocacy, fund raising, nonprofit leadership, philanthropy, and other areas:

Corporate giving. The Business Civic Leadership Center of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce (Washington) has announced the winners of its 2008 Corporate Citizenship Awards in several categories:

— The Corporate Stewardship Award, Large Business: KPMG LLP (New York), for community-service programs that focus on education and job training.

— The Corporate Stewardship Award, Small/Midsize Business: The Harris Corporation (Melbourne, Fla.), for reducing its environmental footprint through water conservation, reductions in emissions and waste, and management of hazardous wastes.

— The International Community Service Award: Coca-Cola China (Shanghai), for creating new roads, a free medical clinic, a cultural and recreation center, and improved access to energy resources and clean drinking water in a village in Hunan province.

— The U.S. Community Service Award: Allstate (Roanoke, Va.) and the Allstate Foundation (Northbrook, Ill.), for developing a national Teen Safe Driving Program. The company has created both a driver-education curriculum for high-school drivers and a parent-teenager driving contract.

— The Partnership Award: Eli Lilly and Company (Indianapolis) and the International Council of Nurses (Geneva), for efforts to combat the rising threat of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.

Health. The American Cancer Society (Atlanta) has presented its Medal of Honor for Cancer Philanthropy to Jon M. Huntsman, founder and chairman of the Huntsman Corporation, a Salt Lake City-based global manufacturer and marketer of differentied chemicals, for contributing, along with his wife, more than $600-million to efforts to prevent, diagnose, and treat cancer. Specifically, Mr. Huntsman was cited for the $225-million his family donated to establish and support the Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah.

Violence prevention. The California Wellness Foundation (Woodland Hills) has awarded its 2008 California Peace Prize to three violence-prevention leaders and advocates. The recipients, who each received a $25,000 cash prize:

— Kismet Evans, of San Bernardino, who has worked over the past decade to provide drug, alcohol, and violence-intervention counseling for young people, and to increase public awareness of the trauma that incarceration has on families and communities.

— Orlando Ramos, who as the principal of Richmond High School (Richmond) has mediated between gang members, leading to community agreements and decreases in suspensions and violent incidents.

— Billie Weiss, the founder of the Violence Prevention Coalition of Greater Los Angeles. She is an epidemiologist who has worked for more than 20 years to reduce violence against young people.

Volunteerism. The United Way of America (Alexandria, Va.) has awarded the 2008 National Alexis de Tocqueville Society Award to J. Wayne and Delores Barr Weaver of Jacksonville, Fla., and John E. and Francie Garber Pepper of Cincinnati. Mr. and Mrs. Weaver own the Jacksonville Jaguars football team. They were recognized for their philanthropic activities in northeast Florida and across the country. Mr. Pepper is the retired chairman and chief executive of Procter & Gamble (Cincinnati). He and his wife were recognized for their leadership on issues related to children, women, and combating racism on the local, national, and international levels.