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Life Prizes Awards Ceremony to Honor Pro-Life Heroes

$600,000 Prize Event to Draw Pro-Life Leaders and Feature Celebrity Emcee, Prominent Christian Rock Band

WHO: Laura Ingraham as Emcee, Christian rock band BarlowGirl and the D.C. Boys Choir as entertainment, and top pro-life leaders, activists and youth from around the country coming to recognize the six winners of the first inaugural Life Prizes awards and celebrate their respective life-saving accomplishments. Executive Director of Life Prizes, Cathy Ruse, and President of the Gerard Health Foundation Raymond Ruddy are hosting these and other keynote guests.

WHAT: Private awards ceremony and reception to honor the six recipients of Life Prizes, a new annual $600,000 prize to be shared by the pro-life movement's greatest heroes, hosted and sponsored by the Gerard Health Foundation, a private charity based in Natick, MA.

WHERE: National Building Museum
401 F Street NW
Washington, DC 20001

WHEN: Friday, January 23, 2009
6:00 - 7:45 PM Awards Presentation
7:45 - 9:30 PM Reception
9:30 PM BarlowGirl Concert

Visit www.LifePrizes.org for more details about the program.

Life Prizes Award Recipients:

Jill Stanek - Nurse who first publicly exposed infanticide of abortion survivors

Lila Rose - Student leader who has launched several successful, undercover investigations exposing statutory rape cover-up at Planned Parenthood

American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists

Richard Doerflinger - Associate Director of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities, bioethics expert, consummate researcher

Kay Coles James - Founder of The Gloucester Institute and of Black Americans for Life, pro-life advocate in the highest levels of government for decades

Margaret "Peggy" Hartshorn - President, Heartbeat International, a preeminent network of more than 1,000 pregnancy resource centers

For more information about the Life Prizes Awards Ceremony or to schedule an interview with Executive Director Cathy Ruse or any of the award recipients, contact Mary Beth Hutchins or Colleen O'Boyle at (703) 683-5004.