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| Judith Broder , The Soldiers Project |
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The Soldiers Project
Purpose Prize Winner 2009
As Judith Broder watched a play documenting the mental anguish some veterans experience after coming come from war, something clicked. As a psychiatrist, she knew that without help some soldiers would never get past what they had seen and done. She also understood that a veteran's distress can painfully affect loved ones. Taking action, Broder created an organization that supports free, confidential, unlimited therapy to service members and their families.
Meet Judith Broder
In a dark theater, Judith Broder experienced the darkest of emotions.
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| Ronne Froman , National Veterans Transition Services Inc. |
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National Veterans Transition Services Inc.
Purpose Prize Fellow 2012
Ronne Froman’s transition from military to civilian life was relatively easy. The first woman to command the six-state southwest region of the U.S. Navy, she retired as a rear admiral in 2001 after a 31-year naval career. Then she quickly took on a series of executive positions with the city of San Diego, Calif., the San Diego public schools, the Red Cross and elsewhere.
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| Maggie Shannon , Maine Congress of Lake Associations |
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Maine Congress of Lake Associations
Purpose Prize Fellow 2012
Writer and former English teacher Maggie Shannon knew she wanted to spend her golden years on Maine’s “Golden Pond.” In childhood she had spent every summer on Great Pond, which inspired the play and movie, and her heart drew her back.
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| Toni Maloney , Business Council for Peace |
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Business Council for Peace
Purpose Prize Fellow 2012
When Toni Maloney first visited the Kabul Women’s Garden, a shopping center in
Afghanistan’s capital city where only women can work or shop, it had no electricity. Kerosene stoves provided the heat for the 5-by-10-foot retail spaces.
The marketing executive watched as the businesswomen pulled product prices out of thin air, having no idea whether they were turning a profit.
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| Charles Fletcher , SpiritHorse International |
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SpiritHorse International
Purpose Prize Fellow 2012
Charles Fletcher rode his first horse at age 5, which sparked a lifelong love of the animal. But it wasn’t until he was in his 40s and visited a horse ranch offering specialized therapy to disabled people that he realized horses could help heal.
He vowed to return to such a place when he retired. And he did. When he stepped down as the head of his own telecommunications company at age 63, he began volunteering at a Dallas-area equine therapy center.
Founder and Executive Director
Latinas Contra Cancer
Purpose Prize Fellow 2012
When her doctor told her she had cancer, Ysabel Duron didn’t think she would die. Her first impulse was to wonder what she was supposed to get out of the experience. Her second was to do a story.
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| Gloria White-Hammond , My Sister’s Keeper |
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My Sister’s Keeper
Purpose Prize Fellow 2012
A Boston-area pediatrician for nearly 30 years and a pastor for 15, Gloria White-Hammond traveled to Sudan in 2001 as part of a faith-motivated “slave redemption” mission, in which the missionaries purchased the freedom of 6,700 slaves. Though this liberation tactic is highly controversial, when she heard the captives’ horrific stories, White-Hammond had no doubt she was on the right side of history.
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| Ed Nicholson , Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing |
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Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing
Purpose Prize Fellow 2012
At 62, upon leaving the defense contractor he joined after a distinguished 30-year career as a U.S Navy captain, Ed Nicholson found himself recovering from prostate surgery at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C.
It was 2004, and the hospital was full of young people who had been wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan. “I’d be walking through the halls feeling sorry for myself, and I’d see these 19-year-old guys missing arms and legs, and holding their little babies,” says Nicholson.
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| Clark "Corky" Graham , LET'S GO Boys & Girls |
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LET'S GO Boys & Girls
Purpose Prize Fellow 2012
The United States lags behind other industrialized countries in science, technology, engineering and math college graduates. The problem is especially severe among low-income black and Hispanic students.
For Clark “Corky” Graham, that situation threatens American prosperity and national security.
He speaks from experience. A retired commanding officer for the U.S. Navy and a mechanical engineer, Graham spent 30 years overseeing research and development projects for the Navy and another 14 as an executive in the maritime private sector.
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| Robert Hildreth , Families United in Educational Leadership |
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Families United in Educational Leadership
Purpose Prize Fellow 2012
Growing up, Robert J. Hildreth knew the value of education. Raised by public school teachers, he earned degrees from three universities, including Harvard, and rose to prominence in Latin American finance with his own brokerage company.
Hildreth also had a strong philanthropic streak – and his own foundation – that brought him in contact with low-income families, often immigrants. The parents often worked such long hours they had little time to help their kids navigate college prep, or much knowledge about the process themselves. They saved money, but not enough.
