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...feels a little unreal to be honored in such a way and particularly to be receiving such a particular award with such phenomenal other honorees," Hyde said. "My fellow honorees are people of such distinction and such great character and certainly people who I’ve looked up to for quite a long period of time...
...addition to Armstrong and Hill, past winners of the award include last year’s honoree, Peyton Manning, as well as Steve Jobs, Max Cleland and the US Olympic Hockey Team. In 1992, Alan A. Khazei ’83—co-founder and CEO of City Year, a national service organization that promotes full-time volunteering—was a co-winner of the award...
Strong Women, Strong Girls recruits college-aged women to volunteer and teach important life skills and to serve as important female role models for young, elementary-aged girls. Hyde said that winning the award would not only allow Strong Women, Strong Girls to gain greater national exposure but would also raise awareness for the need of mentoring programs...
...award] gives us an opportunity to highlight the important work that we do each and every day as well as really provide some motivation for other people to get involved because they’ll become more aware of the program," Hyde said. "It also raises the issue of girls, in particular, really needing some additional services and provides an opportunity to highlight how everyone can be involved in supporting the young people in our community...
Other 2007 Jefferson Award winners include Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, Columbia University Health Policy Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs, and Harlem Children’s Zone President Geoffrey Canada, along with about 85 other winners...