2003 Community Champions Award Winners All-Star Team Award $5,000 Joan Lowery

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Community Agencies Corporation of New Jersey

Golden Star Awards $5,000 Florence Alles Nat Arkin Daniel Cohen Peter Maland Elwood Thalheimer

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South Jersey Cancer Fund Interreligious Fellowship for the Homeless of Bergen City of Hope Diocesan Council for the Society of St. Vincent De Paul Advisory Council of RSVP of Duval County Florida

Shining Star Awards $1,000 Anna Abdullah Howard Agee Theodore Aldrich James Baratte Walter Barnes Marvin Barr Susan Barton Gloria Batten Abraham Beck John Birkinbine George Bohnert James Bowers George Brewer Daniel Bulger

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Baptist Medical Center Beaches Alliance for the Mentally Ill of Minnesota Monadnock Underwater Rescue Team Rainbows for All God's Children Aslan Youth Ministries B'nai B'rith Person to Person Friends of the Community Centers Myasthenia Gravis Foundation Postal History Foundation, Inc. National Multiple Sclerosis Society Laporte County Casa Program Healing the Children Midlantic Inc. Make A Wish Foundation

Team members: Gwen Evans, James Baratte, Gerald DeBenedette, John Gualtieri, Robert Hill, Robert Koehler, Charles Robbins, William Thomson and James Whalen

Frances Burris Stanley Burris Robert Chapman Hays Clark William Coder Florence Cohen Glenn Cotham Gerald Cox Eileen Cruickshank Louis D'Abrosca William Dowden Mona Marian Enos George Farmer John Fiore Benjamin Fitzgerald Robert Force M. Dale Frei Barbara Fumosa John Galland Tyler Gibson Timothy Gooney Arthur Guarriello Claire Hagerty Marion Hammer Judith Hawthorne William Hunton Robert Jokela James Keegan John Kennedy Wanda Kinney Stanley Klecha Thomas Kopetskie Elizabeth Lemongello Jean Ludlow Nancy MacKenzie Jeanette Marable Donald Meckley

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Clay County 4-H Clubs Clay County 4-H Clubs Gas City Volunteer Fire Department Louisiana Lions League Camp for Crippled Children Ottawa County Historical Society , Keepers House Project Freedom Central San Fernando Valley Alliance for the Mentally Ill Janesville Literacy Council West Essex First Aid Squad Continental Invitational Jimmy Fund Tournament Cyprus Shrine Hospital Transportation Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Guild Friends of the Hoover Public Library Lighthouse for the Visually Impaired and Blind Nottoway Civic League. Habitat for Humanity of S.Ocean County Trico Opportunities New Jersey Special Olympics Jefferson Symphony Association Montgomery County Veterans Transportation Service Heart of Camden, Inc. Senior Citizens Council of Union County North Memorial Hospice and Home Health Care Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays Valley Parent Group for the Trainable Mentally Retarded , Valley Village Franciscan Shelter House Meals on Wheels of Euclid River Raisin Centre for the Arts Special Olympics Passaic County Girl Scout Council of the Flint Hills Friends of the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts Sister Cities Association of Hazleton Community Services Inc. of Ocean County Women's Center of Jacksonville . St. Peter's Episcopal Church , Community Supper United Way of Essex and West Hudson Professional Family Care Services

Philip Moss William Moxley Michael Paolino Barbara Prost Rebecca Ray Richard Reng William Rodgers Ernest Romano Elizabeth Rossi Carmen Schiavoni Robert Tellefson James Temple Mary Thomas Samuel Thomas William Thomson Thomas Torrisi Donald Treloar Barbara Wagner Calvin Weissest Claire Winward Howard Wolford Jacqueline Youmans

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LeRoy Emergency Ambulance Service Munroe Regional Development Foundation American National Red Cross , Girl Scout Council of the Flint Hills Love, Inc. Collinsville Area Habitat for Humanity Senior Housing Corporation III American National Red Cross American National Red Cross Valley Senior Serv. and Resources Ctr. Audio Vision Radio Reading Service for the Blind The Center for Hope Hospice Vivian Gaunt African Heritage Scholarship Fund Quest Community Outreach Good Shepherd Mission Warren Baseball and Softball Union Township Adult Community Development Corporation Laubach Literacy of Ventura County Forbes Hospice Urban Bridges at St. Gabriel's Episcopal Church American National Red Cross Easter Seals Southern Colorado

Rising Star Team Awards $500 Clara Proctor

MN Children's Home Society of Minnesota

Team members: Gerald Davies, Irene Davies, Ann Gallagher, Claire Hagerty, Fred Holmquist, Georgia Holmquist, Ron Holtmeier, Harriet Holtmeier, Richard Johnson, Jo Jaskola Johnson, Garnett Steiner, Joan Lee, Curt Lefler, Irene Lefler, Debbie Nelson, Nerissa Nelson, Tim Nelson, Dorothy O'Brien, Richard Proctor, Don Redden, Audrey Redden, Marie Rssman, Bob Lee, Jan Lee, Pat Winter, Sam Strauss, Lorraine Strauss, Jan Super, Nancy Walsh, and Lolly Wichterman George Scott

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Protestant Community Centers, Inc.

Team members: Irmo DeSantis, John Gualtieri, Maureen McGrath, Carles Robbins and James Whalen Rising Star Team Awards $250 Donald Frank

MN Second Harvest Heartland

Team members: C. R. Hughes, Howell Lassonoe, Adone H. Mayer, Bill Onyshuk, Arthur C. Schoen, Gary Schulz and Alexander Wimmer Jim Lee

MN Salvation Army & Its Components

Team members: Bob Amundson, Gloria Amundson, Ruby Addis, Pat Barket, Dave Barker, Mary Barnhart, Vince Barton, Bea Christiansen, Bob Crumbly, George Dye, Jackie Dye, Natalie Larson, Rae Mikkleson, Ruby Revak and Marie Wollak Rising Star Awards $250 Orville Anderson

MN All Saints Lutheran Church, Soup Kitchen

Sandy Asher Mary Ann Baliewich Elizabeth Ballantyne Harold Bootes Charles Brailsford Jerome Butkus Louise Calvin Ann Carpenter Ardyth Carpenter Ervin Carter Ronald Cobb Alice Coleman Dorothy Compton Frank Corbett W. Bruce Covey Louise Daniels Regina DeSalvo Joan Diamond Thomas Drew Mervin Duling Sharol Enger Frank Fazekas Robert Ferguson Herb Frackenpohl David Frederickson Max Fridman Robert Furan Ledyard Gardner Walter Gewing Thomas Graham Lloyd Grantham Sueann Green Wilda Harmon Penelope Hart Roger Heinen Michael Hughes Joseph Jenkins

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Saint Andrews Lighthouse, Inc. American Diabetes Association Original Leisure Village Health Center Mercy Health Center Foundation Warwick Symphony Orchestra Bucks County Children Palmerton Citizens For A Clean Environment Pacoima Junior Optimist Foundation Immanuel St. Joseph's Mayo Health System, Living at Home, Block Nurse Program Florida Georgia Blood Alliance, Inc. Jeff Davis Primary School Sharing and Caring Hands, Inc. Lake Orienta Elementary School Three-Quarter Century Softball Club of St. Petersburg Florida McAllen Fire Department Friendship Force Colorado Bluesky Enterprises Inc. Boca Raton Museum of Art Huntsville Police Department Save Our Station, Watseka Union Depot Volunteers of America Martin County Genealogical Society Interfaith Older Adult Programs Denville Recreation Committee Franciscan Shelter House Inc. Holocaust Resources and Education Center of Central Florida Indiana Special Olympics American Youth Soccer Organization Alzheimer's Respite Center of the Contra Costa Jewish Community Center Valley Senior Serv. and Resources Ctr. American National Red Cross Humane Society of Lebanon County for the Prevention Cruelty to Animals Literacy Volunteers of America Contact Community Services Framingham Historical and Natural History Society De La Salle Institute St. Peter Claver School

Sandra Jenkins Attress Jennings Abner Johnston Robert Kiley Charles Kirlew William Kugler Frank Kwiatkowski Salvatore LaCorte Joyce Lamb John Lestini John Manfredi William McComb Rachel Mikkelson Clyde Miller John Moore Lois Moore Calvin Morton William Mosko Patricia Moynihan Betty Nester Karen Olsen Joseph Palmucci Richard Perez Richard Peters Joshua Rich Mary Rifenburg James Ritterskamp Robert Roehrs Barbara Rudy Billy Seal Charles Serreino Les Shinaberry E. Paul Smith Ruth Smith William Souchek Peter Speropulos Dale Stephens

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Porter Memorial Health System Auxiliary Jacksonville Human Rights Commission InnerCity Tennis Foundation Mens Charity Tennis Oakhurst First Aid Squad Brunswick Rotary Foundation Montgomery Meadows Long Island College Hospital Altrusa International, Inc. of Beloit, WI National Steroids Research Center and Other Drugs of Abuse in Sports American Merchant Marine Veterans Shore Memorial Hospital Sharing and Caring Hands, Inc. Westbury United Methodist Community Bucks County Choral Society Bucks County Choral Society Mayo Clinic Jacksonville N North Penn Valley Boys & Girls Club Blue Ridge Arts Council Pound Animal Welfare Society of Montclair Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association St. Raphael Healthcare System Chicago Family Health Center. Apple Valley Sheriffs Posse Hunterdon Healthcare System Riverview Medical Center's Booker Cancer Center Retired Senior Volunteer Program Volunteer Center Sacramento Lutheran High School Montclair Community Band City of Bogalusa , Christmas in the Park Animal Birth Control, Inc. Rush Christian School, Inc. Indiana Veterans' Home Valley Senior Serv. and Resources Ctr. Czech Cultural and Community Center Northeast State Technical Community College Foundation Scholarship Trust of the Travelers Protective Association of America

Darrell Stone Barbara Swanson Robert Swayne Mari Terbrueggen Albert Tranchilla Joan Voelker Richard Waltz Robert Weisberger Chester White Paul Williams William Wilson Milton Zeckhauser Emily Zimmerman Jean Zimmerman

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Creative Difference, Inc. Maranatha Care Center St. Joseph Food Program Jacksonville-Duval County Council on Elder Affairs Foundation Broadway Fantasies Charitable Fund American Cancer Society Person to Person, Inc. American Jewish Committee North Carolina Train Host Association Orange Park Medical Center Auxiliary Lewistown Hospital Grassroots Gardens of Buffalo, Inc. National Benevolent Association, Cypress Village Humane Society of Lebanon County for the Prevention Cruelty to Animals