Andrus Awards for Community Service

Each year, AARP presents the AARP Andrus Award for Community Service. In 2007 this prestigious and visible Award recognized 53 unique individuals who demonstrated the power to make it better in their communities in ways that are consistent with AARP's mission, vision and commitment to volunteer service, and that inspire others to volunteer.

The AARP Andrus Award

The AARP Andrus Award award pays tribute to individuals who, like our founder, have generated positive social change in the world around them and whose work and achievements reflect AARP’s vision. AARP is proud to present its 2008 Andrus Award to Dr. Francis S. Collins.

Ethel Percy Andrus Legacy Award for Innovation

In honor of AARP's founder and its 50th Anniversary being celebrated in 2008, AARP created The Ethel Percy Andrus Legacy Award for Innovation. A $10,000 prize will be awarded to one public secondary school (grades 8 - 12) in every state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands in recognition of an innovative program or practice currently operating in a school. The winning schools were officially announced on February 7, 2008.

The 50th anniversary celebration also includes the The Ethel Percy Andrus Legacy Awards, a $100,000 prize that will be awarded to a public high school (grades 8 - 12) in cities that have been selected as focal points for AARP's 50th Anniversary celebration. Those cities are Chicago, Houston, Miami, Atlanta, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C. Learn more about this $100,000 Legacy award.

Public high school principals in every state, DC, the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico were invited submit a brief description of a program or practice that has enhanced student achievement or contributed to an improved environment for the students, the school, or the community served by the school. One public high school from each state will receive a $10,000 award. This awards program has been established as part of AARP's 50th anniversary celebration.

The 2008 Winners
Ethel Percy Andrus


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