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Volvo for Life Grand Award winner chosen

At New York's Cipriani restaurant on 42nd Street, Volvo presented its sixth annual Volvo for Life Awards and named Marilyn Adams the Grand Award Winner in the Safety category. The panel of judges -- including Hank Aaron, Sen. Bill Bradley, Maya Lin, Dr. Sally Ride, Dr. Mae Jemison, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, and Edsel B. Ford II -- selected Marilyn because of her Farm Safety 4 Just Kids organization that teaches, as you guessed, farm safety for the young'ins'. Two decades ago Adams' 11-year-old son was killed in a gravity flow wagon on the first ... Read more →

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Volvo names America's Greatest Hometown Hero for 2007 2 years ago on Autoblog

At New York's Cipriani restaurant on 42nd Street, Volvo presented its fifth annual Volvo for Life Awards and named Rose Mapendo, an African refugee and mother of ten, as its Grand Award Winner in the Quality of Life category. The panel of judges -- who included Caroline Kennedy, Maya Lin, Paul ...

Volvo for life Award finalists revealed, one will get a Volvo for life 2 years ago on Autoblog

Volvo has been searching for real boots-on-the-pavement hometown heroes with its "Volvo For Life" awards for five years now. In April, Volvo will announce the winner for this year's award, the prizes for which include $1 million in contributions to to his or her favorite charities and a Volvo car ...

Doctor receives Volvos for life 3 years ago on Autoblog

Early this year we posted on three exemplary human beings that make us question what we're doing with our lives. (Writing about cars? Cars, really?) Well, after we had long forgotten about our lack of contributions to the greater good, we discovered that Dr. Ingida Asfaw, an Ethiopian-born doctor, ...

Finalists of Volvo For Life Awards announced 3 years ago on Autoblog

Since last July Volvo has accepted 4,341 nominations for its Volvo For Life awards that honors unsung heroes in the categories of safety, quality of life and environment. The company assembled a panel of celebrity judges that includes Hank Aaron, Sir Richard Branson, Val Kilmer (huh?) and Paul ...

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