AmeriCares HomeFront Given Prestigious Connecticut Treasures Award

AmeriCares Foundation
Friday, 7 July 2000

AmeriCares HomeFront, one of AmeriCares three domestic outreach programs, will receive the Connecticut Treasures Award for the month of June. Lieutenant Governor Jodi Rell will present the award on Monday, July 10, at 10:00 at AmeriCares headquarters in New Canaan.

WHO: Jodi M. Rell, Lieutenant Governor of CT
DATE: Monday, July 10, 2000
TIME: 10:00AM
PLACE: AmeriCares, 161 Cherry Street, New Canaan, CT

This prestigious award was initiated by Lieutenant Governor M. Jodi Rell to recognize individual and group volunteers in Connecticut who have worked for the betterment of their communities.

"In addition to helping the millions of suffering people throughout the world, AmeriCares is proud of the domestic impact HomeFront has had in terms of the lives it has touched, the property values it has raised and its overall impact on the community," says Robert C. Macauley, AmeriCares Founder and Chairman.

Since its inception in 1988, AmeriCares HomeFront, a one-day home repair blitz, has renovated over 1,550 homes, community centers and shelters for people who, because of physical or financial limitations, do not have the means to do so themselves. In the culmination of year-round planning and organization, over 9,000 skilled and unskilled volunteers undertake these repair projects on the first Saturday of May each year. Their "hands on" assistance is supported by the generosity of product and professional service donors.

AmeriCares is a nonprofit disaster relief and humanitarian aid organization, which provides immediate response to emergency medical needs—and supports long-term healthcare programs—for people around the world, irrespective of race, creed or political persuasion. Since its inception in 1982, AmeriCares has delivered over $2.5 billion in aid to more than 130 nations worldwide. Please help us to continue our relief efforts by sending your cash donations to AmeriCares, 161 Cherry Street, New Canaan, CT 06840 or by calling AmeriCares at 1.800.486.HELP.

For more information, or to contact AmeriCares Foundation, see their website at: www.americares.org