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Volvo Honors Everyday Heroes with Volvo for Life Awards
Helping others has always been a part of most people’s New Year’s resolutions and Volvo has offered a way of helping them achieve such goal though its Volvo for Life Awards. The Volvo for Life Awards is a nationwide search for everyday heroes. Nearly 400,000 votes have already been cast in the voting which will end on February 4, 2007.
Volvo Cars of North America leads the national initiative in honoring and rewarding local heroes who have made significant contributions to the community. Details of the said awarding plus information on the nominated hometown heroes are found on the volvoforlifeawards.com web site.
Volvo is giving away a total million in financial contributions. Three winners will receive ,000 for their cause, six remaining finalists will win ,000 and one grand prize winner will receive a lease of a new Volvo for the rest of his or her life. Awesome!
Once all votes are in, the top three candidates with the highest number of votes in the categories of Safety, Quality of Life and Environment will be named finalists. A panel of distinguished judges which includes Hank Aaron, Sen. Bill Bradley, Caroline Kennedy, Maya Lin, Paul Newman, Dr. Sally Ride, Val Kilmer, Eunice Kennedy Shriver as well as the previous Volvo for Life Awards top winners are to select winners in each category.
Volvo together with the members of the celebrity-judging panel will award the winning heroes on April 5, 2007 at the 42nd St. Cipriani during the 5th Annual Volvo for Life Awards Ceremony.
About Volvo Volvo for over seventy-five years has been building products that has not only met the needs for safety, quality and care for the environment but has also put the values of conscience, care and character in every product and activity they are promoting. And a good example of which is the Volvo for Life Awards which recognizes and rewards everyday, real-life heroes across America.
In celebration of its 5th anniversary, Volvo is once again inviting America to take part in the judging process. Volvo has selected five hero semifinalists per state for five years and published all 250 of their stories online at volvoforlifeawards.com. In terms of the car to be given as Grand prize Volvo has not yet released any official statement but you can be rest assured that if its going to be one of Volvo’s finest models—equipped with only top-of-the-line auto parts like Volvo clutch and other accessories.
About the Author: Glady Reign is a 32 year old is a consultant for an automotive firm based in Detroit, Mi. she is a native of the motor city and grew up around cars hence her expertise in the automotive field.
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