• Silver Star Betty Chinn, 12 Others Receive 2010 Citizens Medal
    President Obama honors winners at the White House
    Silver Star Betty Chinn, herself once a homeless child on the streets of China, has been feeding the homeless in Eureka, California, twice a day, every day, for more than 20 years. For her work to alleviate suffering, she has won the nation's second-highest civilian honor.
  • Silver Star Betty Chinn Wins MLB All-Stars Among Us Award
    One of three nominees for the San Francisco Giants
    Commissioner Bud Selig: "Major League Baseball is privileged to recognize this team of 'All-Stars,' whose selfless and tireless work is making a significant impact within communities across the nation. . . ."
  • Silver Star Joan Liffring-Zug Bourret
    Photojournalist, publisher
    Joan has been photographing the world for more than half a century—from the days when women weren’t “supposed” to work. She even photographed the birth of her first son. It was 1951, and she was just 22.
  • Silver Star Mary Lou Cook
    Community activist, artist, volunteer
    There is a lot that’s not traditional about Mary Lou Cook, 91. A calligrapher, constant volunteer, peace activist, minister, teacher, author, organizer, cancer survivor —she has left her imprint in cities around the country, the last 40 years in Santa Fe.
  • Silver Stars Flo and Fred MacLean
    Couple winters in Philadelphia to serve the poor
    Many of us volunteer for a few hours each month, but Flo and Fred MacLean take it a little further than that. For four months a year, the couple lives and breathes volunteering, taking up residence at St. Francis Inn, a Philadelphia facility run by the Franciscans.
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