Jefferson Awards
Jefferson Award Winner Tends To Needs Of North Bay Farm Workers
When it comes to farm worker rights, Cesar Chavez was a fierce fighter. But for the last three decades, North Bay farm workers have had their own faithful friend, Father John Brenkle.
Compassion For Animals Earns North Bay Couple Jefferson Award
A Bay Area couple combined their skills to help thousands of animals and their guardians from Mexico to Sonoma County. Now they’re improving animal welfare on both sides of the border.
Jefferson Award Winner Using Rugby To Teach Life Lessons
Under the lights on a chilly Oakland evening, dozens of teenagers kept warming running after the rugby ball on the field at Merritt College.
Jefferson Award Winner Founds Nonprofit To Teach Oakland’s Youth Life Skills
A West Oakland program makes sure to open its doors every Saturday afternoon to young people, rain or shine, holiday or not, and even when disaster strikes. And that’s because this week’s Jefferson Award winner never fails to show.
Jefferson Awards: Emergency Troop Support From Bay Area
What started with a simple care package for a Marine captain serving in Afghanistan has blossomed into a pipeline of emergency support for service members overseas.
Jefferson Awards – History
History of the Awards In 1972, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, U.S. Senator Robert Taft, Jr. and Sam Beard founded the American Institute for Public Service, a 501c3 public foundation, to establish a Nobel Prize for public […]
Jefferson Award Winner Shows At-Risk Youth The Path To Entrepreneurship
He grew up with many obstacles that could left him in trouble on the streets. But in the end, an East Bay man beat the odds to become an entrepreneur. And now, he’s helping other East Bay young people strive for their own success. That’s why Michael Parker has been honored with this week’s Jefferson Award.
Jefferson Award Winning Sisters Embody Benefits Of Organ Donation
They meet weekly at the Palo Alto High School track to run a boot camp. And like most group leaders, Anabel Stenzel and her sister Isabel Stenzel Byrnes set goals.
Jefferson Award Winner Helps Needy Teens Dress In Style
An East Bay teenager has a closet like no other – she fills it with thousands of pieces of clothing to give away, a project that has earned her this week’s Jefferson Award.
Jefferson Award Winner Teaches Teen To Cook, Feeds Ill
North Bay chef started with a simple request: teach a teenager how to cook. Now, that idea’s boiled over into a unique meals program that the chef says is saving lives. It’s earned her this week’s Jefferson Award.
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