Tuesday August 17, 2010
$600,000 Life Prizes to be Awarded for Second Year
August 17, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Up to $600,000 will be awarded by the Gerard Health Foundation’s during its 2009-2010 Life Prizes awards ceremony on January 22, 2011. The awards will recognize and honor individuals or organizations that have worked to save human lives.
“Our Foundation has a profoundly simple mission: to save lives,” stated philanthropist Raymond B. Ruddy, founder of the Gerard Health Foundation. “Life Prizes works to honor those who have best accomplished this noble goal and to inspire the next generation to break the mold in their life-saving work.”
The 2009-2010 “Norinne A. and Raymond E. Ruddy Memorial Life Prizes” awards will be held in Washington DC on January 22, 2011, in conjunction with Students for Life of America’s annual conference during the week of the March for Life in Washington, DC.
Last year’s six winners included Jill Stanek, a nurse who exposed the infanticide of abortion survivors, and Lila Rose, who covertly filmed Planned Parenthood employees around the nation covering up statutory rape.
The first awards ceremony in 2009 featured Laura Ingraham as master of ceremonies and popular Christian rock band BarlowGirl.
The 2009-2010 winners are to be selected based on their success in saving human lives through efforts including public advocacy, scientific research, outreach programs, public disclosure activities, legal action, and other achievements as determined by a selection committee.
“As last year’s winners will tell you, ordinary people can achieve extraordinary goals,” said Raymond Ruddy. “We look forward to celebrating six new heroes and thanking them for their ingenuity, dedication, sacrifices and leadership.”