The 2010 Washington State Jefferson Awards
About Washington's 2010 National Nominee:
 | Stuart Jacobson Click here to view Evening Magazine's original interview with Jacobson, or click here to view Stuart's post-award interview with News Day Northwest. Stuart Jacobson has been a champion on behalf of children in childcare within Washington State for nearly 19 years. Stu has worked selflessly and passionately on behalf of children to educate and institute safer childcare in Washington State. His efforts include working to educate parents on health and safety standards and concerns; and working with parents, educators, childcare providers and licensors to improve health and safety within Washington State childcare centers. Stu's dedication and commitment to children in childcare is best represented in his motto "for the sake of the children." | |
About the 2010 Washington State Winners:
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Enid Gage & Peg Rowbotham (Posthumous) (Click here to view Evening Magazine's interview with Gage) When hospice care was in its infancy in the US two visionary women, Peg Rowbotham and Enid Gage made it a reality in Kittitas County. With a common desire to help those facing end of life, they worked to create an organization in Kittitas County to provide peace, comfort and care during the final days of an individual's life. Today their vision continues. Hospice Friends, whose mission is to provide these same support services to the elderly and anyone facing a life-threatening illness in Kittitas County, served twelve individuals and families in 1983 free of charge. That number continues to grow, and in 2009, 681 individuals were served. |
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Rani Hong (Click here to view Evening Magazine's interview with Hong) Rani protects exploited women and children worldwide. She has contributed to the passage of over five precedent-setting laws in Washington State, making the state a national leader for addressing human trafficking as well as advising U.S. Congress on this issue. She also opened Washington State's first shelter for survivors of human trafficking. She trains journalists in local, international and national media such as "The Oprah Winfrey Show." For the past 10 years, Rani has enjoyed volunteering many countless hours and sharing her story as a survivor of slavery. She has mentored many women and children who once were slaves. |
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Trish Millines Dziko (Click here to view Evening Magazine's interview with Millines Dziko) Trish Millines Dziko is the cofounder and Executive Director of the Technology Access Foundation (TAF), which prepares underserved children of color for higher education and professional success. Prior to founding TAF, she spent 15 years working as a designer, developer and manager in the high tech industry. Trish has also served on numerous boards of organizations that focus on children and education. Trish has received dozens of local and national awards for her work educating children of color. |
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Betty Tisdale (Click here to view Evening Magazine's interview with Tisdale) Betty is a tireless champion of orphans in developing countries. She and the organization she founded 10 years ago, Helping and Loving Orphans (HALO), have been working with different orphanages around the world to care for the most vulnerable children in those communities. In 1976, she saved 219 Vietnamese children and brought them to the US to be adopted. Today, at 87 years of age, she continues to spend all of her time working for children and travelling the world to help in any way she can. |
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CityClub proudly recognizes all of the nominees for this year's Washington State Jefferson Awards for their tireless efforts in the service of their communities.
| 7th Grade Middle School Class at Annie Wright School, Tacoma Abbey Aney, Monroe Aida Bound, Wenatchee Governor Albert D. Rosellini, Seattle Andrew Clark, Bremerton Andy Batcho, Normandy Park Ann Lawrence, Seattle Anna Nelson, Mountlake Terrace Athena Mace, Bothell Autumn Freng-Meeteer, Des Moines Barbara Campbell, Seattle Bea Wilson, Edmonds Becky Bishop, Woodinville Betty Tisdale, Seattle Bill Bell, Seattle Bill Branom, Seattle Bill Smith, EBF, Olympia Carol Schillios, Edmonds Carol Vecchio, Seattle Clarice Goldsmith, Seattle Cynthia J. Day, Seattle DarNesha Weary, Mountlake Terrace Dave Bush, SeaTac David Page, Vancouver Dr. David Shinstrom, Eastsound David Toledo, Seattle David Whitehead, Spokane Debbie Olson, Spokane Valley Deborah Semer, Seattle Del Catunao, Seattle Dellann Elliott, Sammamish Diana and Steve Naramore, Seattle Diane Campbell, Everett Don Locati, Walla Walla Edith Owen, Tacoma Elizabeth Palmer, Moses Lake Enid Gage&Peg Rowbotham, Ellensburg Eve Lennon, Lacey Evelyn Castellar, Federal Way Evelyn Adams, Anacortes Fern Valentine, Auburn Fran Hasson, Bellevue Frances Carlson, Carnation Frank Minton, Seattle Gabriela Frias, Everett Gary Engbrecht, Port Townsend Gayle Stevens, Duvall Heather Sessions, Seattle Heidi Breeze-Harris, Seattle Heidi Masters Unick, Bellingham Helen Winkler, Fall City James Rooney, Redmond Jan Holmes, Coupeville Janice E. Tufte, Seattle Janice Nestler, Bellevue Janoah Spratt, Langley Jeff Ellis, Seattle Jeff Eustis; David Bricklin; Mary McCumber, Seattle Jeff Hobson, Tacoma Jill Schrader, Seattle Jim Jacobsen, Port Orchard Jim Lippert, Mount Vernon Jim Truitt, Kent Joe and Beverly Cornell, Aberdeen John Hamer, Seattle Jon Dalgarn, Bow Jonathan Lathrop, Olympia Julia Bolz, Seattle Karen Story, Kirkland Kate McPherson, Vancouver Katherine Baros Friedt, Olympia Kathy Ketchum, Arlington Ken Cluckey, Seattle Kevin Phaup, Seattle Kim Farnes, Orting Kim Tran, Seattle Lauri Starkovich-Camp TLC, Ferndale Laurie Carson, Keyport Lily Lo, MD, Centralia Linda Kleingartner, Olympia |
Linda Smith, Vancouver Lori Markowitz, Seattle Madeline King, Lynnwood Marcelas G. Owens, Seattle Marcy Summers, Vashon Marian Forschler, RN, Renton Mary Trask, Sammamish Maureen Browning, Snohomish Megan Johnson, Federal Way Merrily & Ted Ripley, Port Angeles Michael "Redhawk" Rice-Sauer, Spokane Milenko Matanovic, Issaquah Mischell Devine-Nunner, Dupont Molly Hightower, Port Orchard Molly West-Vandekieft, Seattle My Tam H. Nguyen, Seattle Nancy Funk, Vancouver Nancy M. Vanderpool, Ph.D., Vashon Nancy Smith, Seattle Nina Harding, Seattle Nona "Ethel" Ganz, Kirkland Pat Kelly, Port Townsend Patricia Lawrence, Mill Creek Patrick John Momany, Poulsbo Patty Davis, Renton Patty Page, Vancouver Pastor Paul A. Stoot, Sr., Everett Paul Fukuhara, Keyport Paul Watson, Friday Harbor Peggy LaPorte, Federal Way Peggy Petty, Issaquah Dr. Peter Milgrom, Seattle Phil Simmons, Bellingham Polly Trout, Seattle Prem Kumar, Issaquah Putnam Barber, Seattle Rachel Love, Seattle Ralph "RB" Brown, Enumclaw Randi Bruun, Marysville Rani Hong, Olympia Rebecca Neal, Tacoma Richard LeMieux, Bremerton Robert Gamble, Marysville Robley A. Evans, Kent Ron and Colleen Starr, Maple Valley Ron Mezzacappa, Puyallup Ruby James, Puyallup Ruth Warren, Seattle Ryan Nabors, Tumwater Selamawit Kifle-Blue Nile Childrens Organization, Seattle Seth Sexton, Seattle Shana Greene, Seattle Sharla Musabih, Seattle Sharon Graham, Bellevue Sharon Heinie, Snohomish Sibelle Nguyen, Seattle Son Michael Pham, Sammamish Steve Szablya, P.E., Bellevue Stuart Jacobson, Bellevue Susan Crawford, Keyport Susan Randall, Bellevue Suzanne M. Fitzgerald, Snohomish Sylvia Warren, Bainbridge Island T Martino Yamamoto, Burton Tabatha Marshall, Seatac Teresa Marie Trillo, Seattle Terrence Connor, Woodinville The Ballinger Action Teens (Rahwa Ghebremichael), Shoreline Thomas Tippins, Lacey Tim Herriford, Puyallup Tom Nordie, Poulsbo Tricia Anderson, Kent Tricia Lapitan, Woodinville Trish Millines Dziko, Seattle Troy Anderson, Seattle Tuere Sala, Seattle Wende Wahl, Renton William (Bill) Peckham, Seattle William R. Birks, Edmonds Willie Stewart, Tacoma |
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