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Annual Hope Awards Benefit
To commemorate National
Missing Children's Day, the National Center for
Missing & Exploited Children holds the Annual Hope Awards Benefit.
This event honors individuals, corporations, and nonprofit organizations
whose exemplary efforts have profoundly improved the welfare of children
around the world. A not-to-be-missed, high-profile event, the Hope Awards
bring together an allegiance of corporate leaders dedicated to locating
and recovering missing children.
The 2005 Hope Awards Benefit was held on Tuesday, May
17, 2005 at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Washington, DC.
Bryan Cranston, actor and comedian, served as Master of Ceremonies for
the event. Special guests included John Walsh, host of "America's
Most Wanted," and his wife Revé Walsh.
U.S. Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr. proudly accepts
the Congressional Leadership Award from Robbie Callaway, Senior Vice
President, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, and member of the NCMEC
Board; and The Honorable Dennis DeConcini, Retired U.S. Senator, and
Chairman of the NCMEC Board. (Robert Bird/NCMEC)
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2005 Award Recipients
This year's Charles B. Wang International Children's Award
was presented to ADVO, Inc. and its associates in recognition
of their dedication to the national distribution of missing children photographs
through their America's Looking For Its Missing Children®
program, which features the names and faces of missing children on their
Have You Seen Me?® direct mail cards. S. Scott
Harding, Chief Executive Officer, ADVO, Inc., Vincent
P. Giuliano, Senior Vice President of Government Relations, ADVO,
Inc., and Postmaster General John E. Potter accepted
this award signifying the important partnership between NCMEC, ADVO, Inc.,
and the United States Postal Service.
The Chairman's Humanitarian Award was presented
to Ozell Sutton, Ph.D. for his leadership in human relations,
racial conflict resolution, and his commitment to the issue of missing
children.
The Making the World Safer for Children Award
was presented to Canon U.S.A., Inc. in recognition of
their dedication to raising public awareness about the issue of child
abduction.
The Child Victimization in the Media Award
ws awarded to Susan Ungaro, Editor-in-Chief of Family
Circle magazine, for featuring at least once a year since 1997, stories,
photographs, and profiles of missing children.
The Congressional Leadership Award was presented
to Congressman F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. and Senator Joseph
R. Biden, Jr. for their longtime leadership on the issue of missing
and exploited children issues.
2004
Hope Awards
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