Awards, Sep 09, 1999

The following awards have been presented for work in philanthropy, fund raising, volunteerism, and non-profit management:

Direct mail. The Direct Marketing Association’s Non-Profit Council (New York) has given its 1999 Non-Profit Organization of the Year Award to the Christian Appalachian Project (Lancaster, Ky.) for that organization’s successful direct-response marketing practices.

Fund raising. The Indiana U. Center on Philanthropy (Indianapolis) has presented its 1999 Henry A. Rosso Medal, which honors lifetime achievement in ethical fund raising, to the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, former president of the U. of Notre Dame (Ind.).

Literacy. Laubach Literacy (Syracuse, N.Y.) has given its 1999 Patricia Crail Brown Award for exemplary service as a literacy volunteer to Mildred H. Gilman of Lexington, Mass. The Eastern Massachusetts Literacy Council (Lexington), the organization that nominated her for the award, will receive a $5,000 gift.

Non-profit leadership. The Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management (New York) has selected the following non-profit executives to participate in its 1999-2000 Frances Hesselbein Community Innovation Fellows leadership-development program: Marjorie P. Bush, executive director, St. Jude’s Recovery Center (Atlanta); Vivian Clecak, executive director, Human Options: Alternatives for Abused Women and Their Children (Newport Beach, Cal.); Leon E. Haynes, III, executive director, Hosanna House (Wilkinsburg, Pa.); Robert A. Pedersen, president and chief executive officer, Goodwill Industries of North Central Wisconsin (Menasha); and Mounir W. Sharobeem, president and chief executive officer, the Judson Center (Royal Oak, Mich.).

The Chicago Community Trust has awarded its 1999-2000 Community Service Fellowships to Helen Doria, deputy director of program services for the Chicago Park District; Lauren Sugerman, executive director of Chicago Women in Trades; and Laura S. Washington, editor and publisher of The Chicago Reporter, a publication of the Community Renewal Society (Chicago). Each fellowship carries a stipend of up to $100,000 that enables the recipient to take a year-long sabbatical in order to pursue career and personal growth.

Public interest. The Stern Family Fund (Arlington, Va.) has presented its 1999 “Public Interest Pioneer” award, which provides $100,000 to start or expand advocacy projects, to two individuals who have recently formed non-profit organizations: John Burbank, founder of the Economic Opportunity Institute (Seattle), which works to reframe economic debates on issues facing low-income and middle-class people in Washington State; and Joanne Doroshow, founder of Citizens for Corporate Accountability and Individual Rights (New York), the first national consumer group that works exclusively to reverse the trend toward tort-reform laws, which restrict the rights of sick and injured consumers to hold corporate wrongdoers accountable in court.