Oprah Winfrey Hails Purpose Prize Winners

Oprah Winfrey has her sights on two 2010 Purpose Prize winners. Margaret Gordon and Dana Freyer were recently showcased on Oprah.com for the extraordinary work they do in their encores. Gordon, a former housekeeper, became an environmental activist fighting the poor...

The TODAY Show Features Purpose Prize Fellows

Emmy-award-winning journalist Jane Pauley sat down recently with two Purpose Prize fellows, Libba and Gifford Pinchot, to film a segment for NBC’s TODAY show. Pauley selected the couple for her “Your Life Calling” segment because, in their fifties,...

Bloomberg Businessweek Honors Purpose Prize Winner

Recognizing the innovative way she is keeping seniors out of nursing homes, Bloomberg Businessweek has named Purpose Prize winner Conchy Bretos one of America’s Most Promising Social Entrepreneurs of 2011. A former Florida secretary of aging and adult services,...

Purpose Prize Winners Star in Sean Penn Documentary

In a new documentary produced by Academy Award-winning actor Sean Penn, Purpose Prize winner Elizabeth Alderman recalls the horror she felt after she lost her 25-year-old son, Peter, who died in the World Trade Center on 9/11.  “I always believed that if I lost...