Celebrity Heroes to Honor Nation's Top Hometown Heroes April 7 in Times Square
2004 Volvo for Life Awards Hosted by Jim Belushi; Hero Awards Presented by Hank Aaron, Bill Bradley, Caroline Kennedy, Maya Lin,
Dr. Sally Ride and Eunice Kennedy Shriver;
Music by Toots and the Maytals and Joss Stone
What: Celebrity heroes -- Hank Aaron, Bill Bradley, Caroline Kennedy,
Maya Lin, Dr. Sally Ride and Eunice Kennedy Shriver -- are
scheduled to present the nation's top three hometown heroes
with Volvo for Life Awards. The 2004 Volvo for Life Awards
Ceremony is the largest-ever national search and celebration of
everyday heroes with more than $1 million in contributions in
honor of hometown heroes. The three heroes were chosen from a
group of nine finalists, who were selected from more than 2,700
nominations and appear on www.volvoforlifeawards.com .
Where: Times Square Studios, Ltd. (Home of ABC-TV's "Good Morning
America"), 44th and Broadway, Times Square, New York; Wed.,
April 7, 2004, 7 p.m. - 11 p.m. (Call 612-338-3900 for schedule
of activities and to book interviews with participants.)
Who: Hosted by Jim Belushi; Awards presented by the six celebrity
heroes listed above; Musical performances by Toots and the
Maytals, Joss Stone and Jim Belushi and the Sacred Hearts.
Honorees:
Rosamond Carr, 91, Gisenyi, Rwanda, a native of New Jersey
living in Rwanda who for the past 10 years has overseen an
orphanage for more than 100 children whose parents died in the
1994 Rwandan genocide.
Earnestine Russell, 54, Bronx, N.Y., who 20 years ago founded a
youth center that has improved the lives of more than 3,000
children in a crime-ridden area of northeast Bronx.
Kristen Stryker, 18, Canton, Ohio, who created a gardening
project that teaches inmates in 12 state youth correctional
facilities the value of growing food for the hungry.
Why: Launched in September 2003, the second annual Volvo for Life
Awards called for people nationwide to nominate an unsung hero
at www.volvoforlifeawards.com . More than 2,700 nominations
were submitted. Distinguished judges -- Aaron, Bradley,
Kennedy, Lin, Ride and Shriver, along with Paul Newman --
selected the top three heroes. Each winner receives charitable
awards. One overall winner will be announced and will receive
a new Volvo car every three years for the rest of his or her
life.
Visuals: Celebrities presenting hero awards; Belushi hosting program;
musical performances; documentaries presented on program
winners; celebrity and winner interview availability in press
room overlooking Times Square.
RSVP: Media must RSVP to attend by calling Claudine Galloway,
Haberman & Assoc. at 612-338-3900 or e-mail
rsvp@modernstorytellers.com .
PRNewswire -- March 30