International Spirit of Life Foundation

• leading business executives from the international community

• dedicated members of leading cancer advocacy organizations

• philanthropists committed to raising funds for the cause

• members of the healthcare community whose life’s work is focused on cancer research, prevention and treatment.

2004 Awards Descriptions

              Awards Descriptions

2004 Awards Celebrations

              2004 Awards Celebrations Gala, October 14, 2004

              Community Cancer Courage Awards (CCCA)

              2004 Award Recipients

2003 Awards Recipients 

Merium Ann Simone Distinguished Service Award

Isadore Sharp, Founder, Chairman and CEO,
Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts

Founder, Terry Fox Foundation (click to see bios)

Clinical Care Award
Harold Freeman, MD, Associate Director of the National Cancer Institute.
Director of the NCI Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities at the National Institutes of Health, Director of Surgery at North General Hospital.
Medical Director of The Ralph Lauren Center For Cancer Care and Prevention (click to see bios)

Cancer Advocacy Award
Rita S. Balian, Founding President & CEO, Armenian American Cultural Association, Inc. (AACA), Founder & Co-President, Armenian American Mammography University Center & Armenian American Wellness Center in Armenia (click to see bios)

2003 Honorary Committee

The Honorable Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) 

Hamilton Jordan, Author

Mr. Bob Levey, The Washington Post

The Honorable Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI)

The Honorable Robert Menendez (D-NJ)

The Honorable James L. Oberstar (D-MN)

The Honorable Deborah Pryce (R-OH)

Dr. John Seffrin, American Cancer Society

Marcia Strassman, Actor & Advocate

The Honorable John E. Sweeney (R-NY)

The Honorable Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS)

Svetlana Ushakova, Embassy of the Russian Federation

2003 Corporate Sponsors

                        Founder's Circle Sponsors

                         Capital Technology Information Services, Inc.www.ctisinc.com

                        Saratoga Food Group National, LLC www.sfgnational.com

                        Platinum Sponsor

                        MHz Networks (www.mhznetworks.org)

                        Gold Sponsors

                        Abbott Laboratories

                        Allied Domecq QSR

                        Silver Sponsor

                        Cort Business Services

                        Bronze Sponsors

                        Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits

                        Four Seasons Hotel, Washington, DC

                        Smith Farm Artist-in-Residence Program, Washington Cancer Institute

                        Table Sponsors

                        Armenian American Cutural Association, inc. (AACA)

                        American Cancer Society

                        Gordon Family Foundation

                        Haverford Homes

                        Janet and Timothy Hill

                        Innovative Skincare

                        Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems, inc.

                        MedStar Health

                        National Rehabilitation Hospital

                        OpTx Corporation

                        Ed and Lin Phelps

                        Robert and Rita Reaves

                        Roula Talj