Awards, Jun 09, 2005

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

Health. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Princeton, N.J.) has announced the recipients of awards through its 2005 Community Health Leadership Program. Following are the winners, who will each receive $105,000 to enhance their organization and $15,000 for personal use:

— Bonny Beach, executive and clinical director, NDNS4Wellness, American Indian Prevention Coalition (Phoenix), an intertribal nonprofit group that provides culturally appropriate substance-abuse counseling and other services.

— Ron Crowder, executive director, Street Works (Nashville), an HIV-positive Vietnam veteran who provides HIV-prevention materials to drug addicts, sex workers, and other underserved people.

— Jennifer Flynn, director, NYC AIDS Housing Network (New York), a group that helps ensure that all New Yorkers with HIV/AIDS who request shelter gain access to emergency housing.

— Joann Lum, executive director, National Mobilization Against Sweatshops (New York), whose group uses worker-organized campaigns to create healthier workplaces and neighborhoods for low-income, immigrant workers.

— May Ying Ly, executive director, Hmong Women’s Heritage Association (Sacramento), a Hmong refugee who founded the organization to provide Hmong families with culturally appropriate social and health services, including enrollment in health plans.

— Thomas Mock, executive director, Acorn: A Community Resource Network (Lebanon, N.H.), a psychotherapist who provides comprehensive services to people with HIV/AIDS, including screenings, health-care referrals, housing, and transportation.

— David Moore, chief executive officer, Metropolitan Community Health Services (Washington, N.C.), a minister in Beaufort County, N.C., who founded the clinic to serve the region’s low-income residents, many of whom are African-American.

— Ruth Ann Norton, executive director, Coalition to End Childhood Lead Poisoning (Baltimore), whose organization has been successful in helping to reduce childhood lead poisoning in Baltimore by 91 percent in less than a decade.

— Alma Olivas, patient advocate and coalition coordinator, the Coalition for Community Healthcare Access, Bernalillo County (Albuquerque), who has helped curtail aggressive financial-collection practices on the part of health-care providers, increased the availability of interpreters, and raised community awareness about health-care issues affecting immigrants and people without health insurance.

— Kathy Spoor, director, Pacific County Public Health and Human Services (South Bend, Wash.), who works to prevent illness among residents of one of the poorest areas of Washington State and has expanded the department’s services to include HIV testing, family planning, and low-cost or free medications.

Homelessness. The National Alliance to End Homelessness (Washington) has presented several awards to individuals and organizations working to eradicate homelessness:

— Private-Sector Achievement: Paul Fireman, chairman and chief executive officer of Reebok (Canton, Mass.)

— Public-Sector Achievement: Sen. Jack Reed, Democrat of Rhode Island

— Nonprofit-Sector Achievement: Project H.O.M.E. (Philadelphia)

— Individual Achievement: Melville Charitable Trust (Boston)

Women. Women in Development, New York has given its 2005 Woman of Achievement Award to Emily Kernan Rafferty, president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York). The award honors women who have risen to leadership positions at nonprofit organizations through careers as fund raisers.