//Jefferson Awards HISTORY js
//1972
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Our founding
In 1972, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis with Senator Robert Taft, Jr. and Sam Beard founded the American Institute for Public Service to create a Nobel Prize for public and community service.';
//1973 board
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First board meeting
J. Carter Brown welcomes Lynda Johnson Robb to the Board Room at the National Gallery of Art.';
//1973 band
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First ceremony
On July 4th, Henry Kissinger, John Gardner, Cesar Chavez and Joseph "Chip" Yablonski were honored with fireworks at Mt. Vernon College. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart presided over the ceremony.';
//1976
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Bicentennnial celebration
Arthur Burns, Alan Greenspan, William E. Simon and Felix Rohatyn honored at the Jefferson Memorial.';
//1977
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First Media Partners
In 1977, 12 newspapers and television stations began the Jefferson Awards Media Partnership. The Media Partnership seeks out grassroots "Unsung Heroes." They take on the role of administering the program across the country. The Media Partnership included: The Arizona Daily Star, The Boston Globe, The Indianapolis Star, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, The San Francisco Examiner, The Wilmington News Journal, WFYY-TV, WJAR-TV and WTNH-TV. ';
//1980
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Media partners reach 75
By 1980, 12 newspapers and 63 television stations are administering the Jefferson Awards program in 47 states in markets reaching over 50 million ADI households.';
//1989 tv award
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First Jefferson Awards Television Special
Thanks to George Ball, Prudential-Bache underwrote the first Jefferson Awards National Television Special. The show ran in 77 markets and was chaired by Richard Anderson of "Six Million Dollar Man." By 2003, our sponsors included Johnson and Johnson and Levi Strauss.';
//1989 Heinz
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Senator John Heinz chairs Youth Service Conference, Jefferson Awards create National Youth Service Day
In April, 1989 Senator John Heinz chaired a Jefferson Awards Youth Service conference. The outcome was the creation of National Youth Service Day, co-sponsored by the U.S. conference of Mayors and Youth Service America. In the first year, 1990, over 100,000 young Americans participated in over 300 communities. By 1995, over 500,000 young people were participating annually in over 500 communities. Youth Service America assumed the ongoing leadership.';
//1992
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President George Bush creates the President's Youth Service Awards
After three years of Jefferson Awards planning, on
October 28, 1992, President George Bush signed the Executive Order to create the President's Youth Service Awards, a grassroots effort to enlist thousands of young people into community service. The model was the President's Physical Fitness Awards.
In June 1992 President Bush honored Jefferson Awards youth on the White House lawn during the welcome ceremony for Russian President Yeltsin.";
//1997
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Jefferson Awards Celebrates 25th anniversary
In 1997, the Jefferson Awards celebrated their 25th Anniversary. Honorary Co-Chairs were Presidents Bush, Carter, Clinton, and Ford. Emcees were Lesley Stahl and Michael Keaton, of Batman fame.';
//2003
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President George W. Bush creates President's Volunteer Service Awards
President George W. Bush became the first President to hold a major press conference dramatizing the importance of the President's youth service awards. He appointed a Presidential Council on Service and Civic Participation charged with attracting over 2 million young participants and winners, and broadened the purposes to include all ages.";
//2004
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New Media Partners Set Record
By April 2004, the Jefferson Awards had 147 Media Partners in 93 communities. This set an all-time record. This is the nation's largest Media Partnership highlighting service to America. The donated value of print and media space exceeds $50 million per year.";