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The Rabbi Henry Cohen Award committee has selected Dolly Warren as the recipient of the Annual Rabbi Henry Cohen Humanitarian Award. The committee chair is Neil Nathan and members are Armin Cantini, Lise Darst, Reverend John Donovan, Ellen Goldhirsch, Buddy Herz, Rabbi Jimmy Kessler, Sheila Lidstone and Dr. Mike Warren, husband of the recipient. Warren submitted a letter in support of his wife. However the nominations were judged by a panel composed of Dr. Kevin Katz, Billie Hoskins and Sally Galbraith. "The Webster's Dictionary definition of 'Humanitarian' is 'a person promoting human welfare and social reform'," Warren wrote. "While many individuals in our community perform daily acts of charity and support of those less fortunate, not all are true 'humanitarians' as is my wife, Dolly Warren." "Dolly's brainchild is D'Feet Breast Cancer, Inc., an organization that started out with a few volunteers educating the high school girls, to a unique and the only organization in Galveston County that provides free mammograms for Galveston County women who have no insurance or are underserved," wrote Joyce M. W. Singleton, vice president of Project D'Feet Breast Cancer, Inc., in her letter of support for the nomination. "Though Dolly has never had breast cancer, her passion is that no woman goes without help or support for lack of money or insurance." "Dolly is personally involved in the educational efforts, frequently attending school presentations she organizes with health care professionals," added Dr. Francoise T. Vandaele. "Women who call the breast cancer hot line in Galveston County often end up talking to Dolly in person." Others who wrote letters of support for Warren's nomination included Olivia Meyer, Elizabeth Anderson of the UTMB School of Nursing, Jennifer Nitschmann, administrative director of the UTMB Division of Emergency Medicine and Ruth Kempner. "Dolly not only organized this program, but also engaged the cooperation of UTMB in the use of its mammogram bus, The Oleander, to go to various public locations such as malls, supermarkets, churches, etc. so that the patients do not have the trip to UTMB," Kempner wrote. "Every year she organizes a drive to raise the money for the bus and the readings of the mammograms." The award includes recognition of the recipients’ activities, a plaque and a $200 honorarium. It will be presented at a ceremony in the Harris Gallery at the Rosenberg Library at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 7, 2005. Hyperlinks will work if this document is read Online
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