WASHINGTON, D.C. - The NAB Education Foundation announced today that Miss America 2007 Lauren Nelson will make a special appearance at the Service to America Awards on Monday, June 11 at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC. The celebration recognizes outstanding community service by local broadcasters and other leading citizens.
Nelson
is an undergraduate at the University of Central Oklahoma and
aspires
to obtain a master's degree in musical theatre. Her scholastic
achievements
include the UCO Freshmen Merit Scholarship, Lawton Community
Foundation
Scholarship and the Renaissance Academic Award given for
maintaining
a 4.0 GPA. She is the National Goodwill Ambassador for the
Children's
Miracle Network and promotes Internet safety for children.
About the Service to America Awards
The Service to America Awards are presented by NABEF with
major support
from Bonneville International Corporation and the National
Association
of Broadcasters. This year's Leadership Award winner is
legendary rock
superstar Sir
Elton John, for his extraordinary humanitarian efforts in
the global
fight against HIV/AIDS. Awards will also be presented to local
radio
and television broadcasters across the nation for outstanding
service
to their communities. In recent years, NABEF has recognized
former President
Bill Clinton, Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan, First Lady
Laura Bush,
former President Jimmy Carter and First Lady Rosalyn Carter,
former
First Lady Nancy Reagan, boxing legend Muhammad Ali and former
New York
Mayor Rudy Giuliani. Details about the Service to America
Awards are
available at www.nabef.org.
About
Bonneville International Corp.
Founded in 1964, Bonneville International Corporation owns and
operates
32 radio stations in the Chicago, Washington, D.C., Seattle,
Phoenix,
St. Louis, Cincinnati, and Salt Lake City markets, as well as
KSL-TV
(NBC affiliate) in Salt Lake City. Bonneville's motto is
"Do good,
do well, make a difference, and have fun." In addition to
competing
aggressively in major-market broadcasting by structuring its
business
model on the three principles of building its people, making a
difference
in the community, and meeting aggressive financial goals,
Bonneville
has a tradition of award-winning commitment to the communities
it serves.
About
NABEF
The NAB Education Foundation is a non-profit organization
dedicated
to serving the public interest in supporting and advocating:
education
and training programs, strategies to increase diversity,
initiatives
stressing the importance of the First Amendment, community
service,
philanthropy and timely broadcasting issues.
About
NAB
The National Association
of Broadcasters
is a trade association that advocates on behalf of more than
8,300 free,
local radio and television stations and also broadcast
networks before
Congress, the Federal Communications Commission and the
Courts. Information
about NAB can be found at www.nab.org.
