Stacey Horowitz, founder of SFAC, receives the Jefferson Award Medal for Public Service

The Jefferson Award for Public Service Ceremony was held January 15, 2014 at the San Francisco Jazz Center.  The event was hosted by KPIX Channel 5 and KCBS and emceed by reporters Kate Kelly and Sharon Chin.  KPIX president Bruno Coen, and CBS Radio Sr. VP Doug Harvill presented welcoming remarks. The guest speaker was former 49er Ronnie Lott, founder of All Stars Helping Kids. Jazz music was enjoyed by all and a reception followed the award ceremony.

It was an honor to be surrounded by fellow awardees of all ages, from teens to those nearly 100 years young.  Learning about their lives and what motivated them to begin their life-changing work was incredibly inspiring.

About the Jefferson Awards

Founded in 1972 by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, U.S. Senator Robert Taft, Jr. and Sam Beard, the Jefferson Awards are presented on both a national and local level.  Locally, Jefferson Awards recipients are ordinary people who do extraordinary things without expectation of recognition or reward.  By honoring the recipients, it is the goal of the Jefferson Awards to motivate others to become involved in community and public service.

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