Farm Safety 4 Just Kids Founder, Adams, Reaches Finals of 6th Annual Volvo
for life Awards for Educating Thousands of Kids in Farm Safety Celebrity Judges Will Select and Unveil Top Four Winners March 19 at Volvo for life Awards Ceremony in New York; One Hero Will Receive a Volvo Car for
Life
IRVINE, Calif., Jan. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- For the past nine weeks hundreds of thousands of members of the American public have been casting their votes online to decide the country's favorite hometown heroes in the 6th Annual Volvo for life Awards (http://www.volvoforlifeawards.com). The polls are officially closed and Earlham, Iowa's Marilyn Adams is among nine finalists for this prestigious award.
The final decision now rests in the hands of a distinguished panel of celebrity judges who are experts on care, conscience and character -- Hank Aaron, Sen. Bill Bradley, Maya Lin, Dr. Sally Ride, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Mae Jemison and Edsel Ford. The judges will now review Adams and eight other finalists' nominations to select the program's top three winners in the categories of Safety, Quality of Life and Environment and the Volvo for life Awards grand award winner.
Adams, who founded Farm Safety 4 Just Kids after her son was tragically killed in a farm-related accident, is one of three finalists being honored in the Volvo for life Awards safety category. Adams is guaranteed to receive $25,000 in charitable contributions from Volvo and if she's named the winner in her category, her award will be $100,000. If named grand award winner, she will receive the added bonus of a Volvo car for life.
If Adams is selected as a category winner, Volvo will fly her and her
fellow winners to New York to be honored at the world famous 42nd St.
Cipriani's during the Volvo for life Awards ceremony on March 19, 2008. The
program's grand award winner will also b
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