L’Oréal Paris has announced that the voting period for The Women of Worth National Honoree is open and will continue through October 15 at http://www.womenofworth.com
Visitors are invited to log-on to the site and vote for the honoree who has made the biggest community impact from a pool of 13 exceptional women committed to community achievement and volunteerism. The winning Honoree will receive a $25,000 donation in her name to her associated non-profit organization.
The 13 honorees are a cross-section of women from all across America, and are exceptional representatives of the current trend in grassroots activism:
Maureen Cavaiola, 59, Severna Park, MD, founded Partners in Care, an organization that helps older and disabled adults remain independent in their own homes.
Tara Church, 29, New York, NY, co-founded the world’s first youth environmental nonprofit, Tree Musketeers, at age 8.
Meagan Corlin, 23, Strafford, NH, founded the StarMight Foundation at age 17, a non-profit organization that empowers youth to make a difference through volunteerism.
Angelia Curran, 41, Smith’s Station, AL, is the Deputy Chief of the Friendship Volunteer Fire Department, a volunteer fire department she has helped since age 15.
Anne Garrett Addison, 45, Lake Stephens, WA, co-founded the Preeclampsia Foundation, whose mission is to reduce maternal and infant illness and death due to preeclampsia.
Millicent "Mama" Hill, 67, Los Angeles, CA, established Mama Hill’s Help which provides tutoring for more than 125 neighborhood youth in South Los Angeles.
Gayle Hutchens, 60, Indianapolis, IN, founded Paws & Think, which matches underserved youth with shelter dogs to enhance the lives of adults and children with special needs.
Shamika Lee, 27, Boston, MA, volunteers at Graham Windham, a home that provides preventive services as well as foster care and adoption.
Pauline Lewis, 69, Phoenix, AZ, founded the Phoenix Foundation for Homeless Children and ministers to hundreds of homeless children and their families by tending to their medical, nutritional, and other basic needs.
Wendy Masi, 55, Fort Lauderdale, FL, established the Love Jen Fund, which provides emergency financial assistance to families who have a child sick with cancer.
Eva Payne, 31, Lincoln, NE, founded Camp Kindle, a summer camp for young people impacted by HIV and AIDS.
Hesther Rippy, 80, Lehi, UT, founded the Lehi-Rippy Literacy Center, which offers effective one-on-one literacy training to help families and individuals develop the necessary reading skills to thrive in society.
Karen Stark, 58, Oklahoma City, OK, founded the HUGS Project, a nationwide troop support effort.
For more information and to vote, visit http://www.womenofworth.com.
Who would you nominate as the most wonderful Woman of Worth in your life? Your mother? Sister? Best friend? Boss? Let us know, right here in this blog! We look forward to hearing from you.
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