August 1, 2003 - NPCA: NPCA Presents Awards at Annual General Meeting in Portland, OR

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NPCA Presents Awards at Annual General Meeting in Portland, OR



NPCA Presents Awards at Annual General Meeting in Portland, OR

NPCA Presents Awards at Annual General Meeting in Portland, OR

The NPCA announced and presented the following awards during the Annual General Meeting and Presidents' Forum weekend in Portland, OR from August 1-3, 2003:

2003 Shriver Award: Ms. Sue H. Patterson
Since 1996, Guatemala has been home to Sue H. Patterson (RPCV Colombia) where she established the non-profit organization WINGS (Women's International Network for Guatemalan Solutions). In cooperation with the Ministry of Health, WINGS has supported, among many activities, programs that provide pap smears, basic health follow-up treatments and reproductive health and family planning services in rural areas.

2003 Ruppe Award: The Colombia Project, RPCVs of South Florida The Returned Peace Corps Volunteers of South Florida channels aid directly to displaced families in Colombia to help them rebuild their lives after being displaced from rural to urban settings. Since 1999, over $9600 has been sent to Colombia in support of one education, 34 small business and 16 microenterprise programs.

2003 Website Awards:

Geographic Groups:
San Diego (Webmaster: Don Beck; Website designer: Joseph White;
President: Gregg Pancoast)
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/SDPCA/

Country of Service Groups:
1) Friends of Guinea (President/webmaster: Stephanie Chasteen) http://www.friendsofguinea.org/
2) Friends of Morocco (President/webmaster: Tim Resch) http://home.att.net/~morocco/
3) Friends of Lesotho (Webmaster: Bill Dunn; President: Don Spicer) http://friendsoflesotho.org/


2003 Newsletter Awards:

Country of Service Groups:

1) Burkina Connection (Denny Fitzpatrick, Editor; Bob Osborne, Group
Leader)
2) Friends of Nigeria Newsletter (Andy Philpot, Editor; Greg Zell, Group
Leader)
3) Friends of Morocco Newsletter (Kathleen Trayte, Editor; Tim Resch, Group Leader)

Geographic/Nationwide Group

1) Under the Village Tree (RPCVs for Environment and Development)
Susan Singh, Editor; Katy Hansen, Group Leader
2) CAPCA Currents (Charlotte Area Peace Corps Association)
Jim Morrill, Editor; Bill Brandon, Group Leader
3) Pacific Waves (San Diego PCA)
Brenda Hahn, Editor; Gregg Pancoast, Group Leader

Honorable Mention

Country of Service:
Ethiopia/Eritrea, Cote D'Ivoire, Fiji

Geographic
Sacramento, Washington DC, Arizona


Further information on these award winners will be posted to the NPCA website (http://www.rpcv.org) shortly



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