Outstanding Friend to Kids
October 5, 2007

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The Weller Center is proud to announce the 2007 Outstanding Friend to Kids honorees!

Education
Guy Greenfield, Ph.D.
Assistant Superintendent for Pupil Services
Easton Area School District

Inspiration
Jerry Sandusky
Founder of The Second Mile

Art
Touchstone Theatre

Community Health
Bonnie Coyle, M.D.
Director of Community Health
St. Luke's Hospital and Health Network

Kids Hero Award
Nicole Sheriff
Founder of Angel 34
(Award to be accepted by Doug & Linda Sheriff)

Sponsor the 2007 Outstanding Friend to Kids Awards! The fifth annual award ceremony will be held on Friday, October 5, 2007. Download the sponsorship form.

Since 2003, the Weller Health Education Center's Outstanding Friend to Kids Awards have honored individuals and organizations making a powerful positive impact on the lives of children in the greater Lehigh Valley. All proceeds from the event support the Weller Center's programs and exhibits.

The ceremony itself is a 90-minute breakfast held on a Friday morning in early October. A steering committee comprised of community and corporate leaders begins meeting monthly in January to plan the event.

The Outstanding Friend to Kids Awards is a fun, inspiring and unique award ceremony that recognizes the vital life-changing work of individuals and organizations in our region.

On Friday, October 6, 2006, the Weller Center hosted the fourth annual Outstanding Friend to Kids Awards, presented by Fowler-Pena Creations. The breakfast ceremony took place at the Holiday Inn and Conference Center in Fogelsville. More than 340 community and corporate leaders attended. The winners of the 2006 Outstanding Friend to Kids Awards included:

WLVT Channel 39 Community Service-Organization
The Weinstein Family Community Service-Individual
Mary Ellen Griffin Child Advocate
Marlene "Linny" Fowler Lifetime Commitment to Children's Needs

View photos from the event!

Major sponsors included Air Products, the Holiday Inn and Conference Center-Fogelsville, Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network, Sodexho/Lafayette College, The Express-Times, The Morning Call and Warren Hospital. The award sponsor was Binney & Smith.

2005 Outstanding Friend to Kids Award Winners
Women's 5K Classic Committee Community Service-Organization
Dr. Leslie Carroll Community Service-Individual
HEY-Health Education for Youth Consortium Child Advocacy
Kostas Kalogeropoulos Philanthropy

2004 Outstanding Friend to Kids Award Winners
Junior League of the Lehigh Valley Community Service-Organization
Dr. John VanBrakl Community Service-Individual
Dr. Michael Danjczek Child Advocate
Dr. John and Mrs. Ruby Updegrove Philanthropy

2003 Outstanding Friend to Kids Award Winners
United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley Community Service-Organization
Alan Abraham Community Service-Individual
Dr. George Ziolkowski Child Advocate
Degenstein Foundation Philanthropy