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TEAGAN STEDMAN 2017 YOUTH AWARD Founder, Shred Kids’ Cancer United States When Teagan was eight years old, his friend was diagnosed with cancer. Teagan immediately wanted to find a way to help, but the community organizations he contacted said that he was too young. Rather than give up and simply stand by as his friend…

Maureen Rover is boosting elementary school literacy rates by instilling a lifelong love and enthusiasm for reading in children.

Claire helps provide education, emotional support, and financial assistance to children and families affected by Cystic Fibrosis.

Nicholas provides children living in homeless shelters across the United States with brand-new footwear.

Amalia provides access to oncological treatment and support to low-income children and youth in Mexico diagnosed with cancer.

Steve Weatherford has served as a role model to over 100,000 youths with his primary outreach focused on children.

Jaylen Arnold was once the victim of bullying. Now, his engaging presentations help combat bullying across the USA.

As National Outreach Director for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Marlo travels the USA, raising funds and awareness.

CATHERINE MILTON 1998 HUMANITARIAN AWARD Friends of the Children United States Catherine Milton has been committed to helping children and communities in need for nearly 30 years. She was the architect and first director of the Commission of National and Community Service, one of the most far-reaching youth/ community service initiatives in U.S. history. In…

Louise Pittman spent more than 60 years working to improve the well-being of children in need through VOICES for Alabama’s Children and other programs.

KATHLEEN MAGEE 1999 HUMANITARIAN AWARD Operation Smile Global As a nurse on a medical mission to the Philippines in 1981, Kathleen Magee witnessed inadequate hospital conditions and a sea of deformed children. Upon returning, she and her husband William P. Magee, M.D., a plastic surgeon, founded Operation Smile. Using money raised from bake sales, as…

Marie Clay created Reading Recovery, an early intervention program designed to teach kids reading skills and raise children’s literacy rates.

Peter Samuelson is a successful movie producer and life-long child advocate and the founder of two major children’s organizations.

Rose Washington developed the NYC Department of Juvenile Justice’s “strength-based approach,” changing how at-risk children are treated within the system.

Marie Bellande established health and childcare development programs at Grace Children’s Hospital in Haiti to provide low-cost health care to children.

J. TERRANCE DAVIS 2000 HUMANITARIAN AWARD Heart Surgeon United States, Global J. Terrance Davis, M.D., has dedicated much of his life to providing cardiac care to children in need through volunteer efforts in the United States and in developing nations. As a cardiac surgeon in Columbus, Ohio, Davis has provided free heart surgery for children…

BERTHA HOLT 2000 HUMANITARIAN AWARD Holt International Children’s Services Bulgaria, Kenya, Haiti and Uganda Mother of 14 children, eight of whom were adopted from Korea, Bertha Holt dedicated her time, effort and life to helping orphaned children around the world. Holt was a pioneer of inter-country adoption and an advocate for improved child welfare standards around…

Wasson dedicated more than 45 years of his life to serving orphaned and abandoned children in Mexico and Central America.

T. BERRY BRAZELTON 2002 HEALTH AWARD Brazelton Touchpoints Center United States For more than a half-century, T. Berry Brazelton, M.D., has tirelessly devoted himself to young children and child advocacy. He has treated thousands of pediatric patients, trained and inspired hundreds of pediatric fellows and residents, as well as delivered thousands of lectures on child…

GLENDON P. NIMNICHT 2002 HUMANITARIAN AWARD CINDE United States, Columbia Glendon P. Nimnicht, Ed.D., dedicated more than 39 years of his life to improving the quality of life of children and families living in poverty in the United States, Latin America and other Third World countries. During his career as an educational administrator, Nimnicht became…

HENRI LANDWIRTH 2002 HUMANITARIAN AWARD Give Kids the World United States Henri Landwirth, a Holocaust survivor, was shuttled for five years between Nazi death and labor camps including Auschwitz, Matthausen and Ostrowitz. At the end of WWII, a Nazi soldier marched Landwirth into the woods to be executed and, at the last minute, spared his…

DR. MARTIN EICHELBERGER 2003 HEALTH AWARD Safe Kids United States, Global Martin Eichelberger, M.D., is professor of Surgery and Pediatrics at George Washington University Medical Center and director of Emergency Trauma and Burn Services at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. Throughout his career, he has contributed extensively to the field of pediatric trauma…

RYAN HRELJAC 2016 HERO AWARD 2003 YOUTH AWARD Founder, Ryan’s Well Foundation Northern Uganda At the age of 6, Ryan Hreljac was inspired to raise money for digging wells and providing clean water in developing countries. His first-grade teacher presented a list of needed supplies in Africa, encouraging Hreljac to earn the money by performing…

DR. JEREMIAH J. LOWNEY 2004 HEALTH AWARD Haitian Health Foundation Haiti Jeremiah J. Lowney, DDS, MS, MPH, has devoted the last 22 years to serving the poor of Haiti. What began as a short trip to offer dental care has become a lifelong passion to provide healthcare, development, and the hope of a future to…