This January, the Gerard Health Foundation will be awarding $600,000 to individuals and organizations that have worked to save human lives and will be honoring them for their life saving principles and practices. The ceremony will be part of their second Life Prizes program.

The winners will 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 worthy achievements as determined by a selection committee.Nomination packages have been sent to more than 100 leaders of pro-life organizations and are due back in mid-August.

This year’s winners of the Life Prizes will be chosen in October and awarded in January at a spectacular ceremony. The VIP event will take place in Washington, DC on January 22, 2011.

Previous Life Prize winners include: Jill Stanek, Lila Rose, American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists (AAPLOG), Richard Doerflinger, Kay Coles James and Margaret “Peggy Hartshorn.

For more information, visit www.lifeprizes.org!

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