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2008 Quality of Life Grant Recipients The MDRT Foundation is pleased to announce the following Quality of Life Award winners for 2008. The monetary grant amounts awarded in honor of the top six grant honorees were announced during the 2008 MDRT Annual Meeting, June 22–26, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. This year, 15 recipients were selected for an award, granting a total of $82,500 to charities in the honor of the selfless volunteerism of 15 MDRT members.
$25,000 Award Volunteer: Thomas J. Gilliam, CLU Grant funds the Rights of Passage Transitional Living program, which teaches education, employment skills, and financial self-sufficiency to youth who are homeless Covenant House Missouri: St. Louis, Mo. $10,000 Award Volunteer: P. Martin Peters, CLU, RHU Grant provides funding for La Colonia Learning Opportunity Center, an after-school and weekend learning center Boys and Girls Clubs of San Dieguito: Solana Beach, Calif. Volunteer: Brian P. Winfield, CLU Grant provides ongoing support of the shelter, school-based counseling and educational programs for youth who are homeless Seton Youth Shelters: Virginia Beach, Va. $5,000 Award Volunteer: Mark Dorfman, CLU, ChFC Grant funds substance abuse and prevention program through individual and group counseling, group presentations, workshops, family support groups, psychosocial and psychological evaluations, and a mentoring program OHEL Children's Home & Family Services: Brooklyn, N.Y. Volunteer: Gregory B. Gagne, ChFC Grant funds the production costs of marketing materials and development of educational outreach programs about Make-A-Wish Foundation Make-A-Wish Foundation - New Hampshire: Manchester, N.H. Volunteer: David J. Malone, CLU, ChFC Grant provides free health care for children regardless of patients’ ability to pay Children's Home of Pittsburgh & Lemieux Family Center: Pittsburgh, Pa. $2,500 Award Volunteer: Barbara C. Archer, CLU, CFP $2,500 funds the Urban Arts Program, which promotes arts education to St. Louis area children between the ages of 6 and 17 Center of Creative Arts: St. Louis, Mo. Volunteer: Howard L. Barto, CLU, ChFC $2,500 funds a curriculum-based drug and alcohol prevention program for youth in middle school Discovery Counseling Center: Danville, Calif. Volunteer: Richard J. Callahan, CLU, ChFC $2,500 provides tuition assistance for elementary students from low-income families Family Aid-Catholic Education (FACE): Oakland, Calif. Volunteer: Louis P. Di Cerbo II, CLU, ChFC $2,500 funds hypertension research and educates young children (pre-K to Grade 3) about the importance of healthy food choices and daily exercise National Hypertension Association: New York, N.Y. Volunteer: Richard L. Farrar, CLU, ChFC $2,500 provides funds for the construction of a Habitat for Humanity house in Greater Birmingham Habitat for Humanity of Greater Birmingham: Fairfield, Ala. Volunteer: John F. Glass, CLU, ChFC $2,500 teaches a holistic educational program to educators in local schools Kids at Hope: Phoenix, Ariz. Volunteer: Stan E. Graber, CLU, LUTCF $2,500 provides beds for children and babies in low-income families Furniture Mission of South Dakota: Sioux Falls, S.D. Volunteer: Robert S. Kadilak $2,500 provides automatic electronic defibulators to use in program buildings for people with disabilities Beaver County Rehabilitation Center: New Brighton, Pa.
Volunteer: William E. Whitaker, CLU, ChFC $2,500 helps fund the Emergency Assistance Program, which provides assistance to families in crisis after a Multiple Sclerosis diagnosis National Multiple Sclerosis Society - Greater Washington Chapter: Seattle, Wash.
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