2011 Annual Report
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CBS5: Jefferson Award Winner: Lia Rowley
Lia Rowley, one of five to be awarded the National Jefferson Award on June 17, 2008.
Lia Rowley, founder of The Children's Village of Sonoma County, received a prestigious national Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Award, of the Jefferson Awards for Outstanding Public Service to a Local Community at a ceremony in Washington D.C. on June 17, 2008. Lia was one of five winners from a national pool of seventy semi-finalists who were chosen to come to Washington D.C. for a special Gala and Award Ceremony. The Jefferson Awards are considered the "Nobel Prize" for public and community service.
The Jefferson Awards were founded in 1972 by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Sen. Robert Taft, Jr., and presidential advisor Sam Beard. The awards were established to encourage and honor individuals for their achievements and contributions through public and community service. Both local and national awards are presented yearly.