Sterling Friendship Award
Honoring the contributions of distinguished adults 65 plus
The Sterling Friendship Award is one of many ways Friendship Village honors the contributions of mature adults in our society. Each year, the Award is presented at the annual Sterling Friendship Award Event to a person age 65 or older who is distinguished by significant and continuing accomplishments in business, the community, or other fields.
This year we are "Bringing It Home" to the beautiful grounds of Friendship Village of Schaumburg, Friday, October 10, 2008.
The 11th annual Sterling Friendship Award Event will celebrate beautiful new spaces that Friendship Village created as part of an expansion completed last year. Marking a new era, this year's Sterling Event will embrace a more casual feel and introduce a new tradition — an Afterglow Party at Herman's Bar and Grill. Come and celebrate Friendship Village's good fortune and join us in recognizing an honoree whose many contributions have enlivened and informed not only the Friendship Village community but the larger community as well.
The 11th Annual Sterling Friendship Award Event will be:
Friday, October 10, 2008
Friendship Village of Schaumburg
350 West Schaumburg Road
6:30 p.m. Reception in the Summergarden
7:30 p.m. Awards Presentation and Dinner, Assembly Hall
9:30 p.m. Afterglow Party, Herman's Bar and Grill
Tables of ten are available for $1750. Individual tickets are $175.
For more information about the event, to reserve a tickets or make a donation, please contact Jackie Elliott at (847) 884-5009.
All proceeds benefit the Friendship Fund, allowing residents who outlive their resources to remain in their Friendship Village home in a life of familiarity and dignity.
The 2008 recipient of the Sterling Friendship Award is:
Michael Madden, Director of the Schaumburg Township District Library
Past recipients include:
- 2007: R. Thomas Jaeger, a nationally recognized architect who was an integral part of the recent expansion at Friendship Village of Schaumburg
- 2006: Ruth Park, Schaumburg Civic Leader and co-founder of the Schaumburg Business Association
- 2005: Dr. Margaret Taylor Goss Burroughs, Founder of the DuSable Museum of African American History in Chicago
- 2004: Willard Scott, NBC "Today" show weatherman and television personality
- 2003: Dr. Joyce Brothers, psychologist, author, and television personality
- 2002: Art Linkletter, nationally known radio and television personality
- 2001: Harry Volkman, longtime Chicagoland weather forecaster
- 2000: William Warfield, Grammy-Award-winning bass-baritone
- 1999: The Honorable Virginia Macdonald, former Illinois State Representative
- 1998: Ray Meyer, former DePaul University basketball coach
The first Sterling Friendship Award Dinner was held in 1998, and the award itself was created that same year by artist and sculptor Joseph Burlini, who resides in Arlington Heights. In Mr. Burlini's words, "The shape represents the fullness of life and the wholeness of the individual. The inner metal piece represents the core of the individual – the purpose that drives them – and the shiny finish provides an opportunity for each of us to see the potential within ourselves." It's a design that reflects Friendship Village's own focus on the individual, making the Sterling Friendship Award an ideal symbol for our community and our mission.
