CONTACT: Michelle Shortencarrier
202-414-0791

Mar 1, 2006

Back to News

GUARD CHIEF, OTHER LUMINARIES, GET YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AWARDS
Gerry J. Gilmore
American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, March 1, 2006 – The National Guard Youth Foundation honored a U.S. senator, two governors' wives and the chief of the National Guard Bureau at the organization's first ChalleNGe Champions dinner held here last night.

Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu and Nancy Murkowski and Kim Henry, the wives of the governors of Alaska and Oklahoma, respectively, all received ChalleNGe Champion awards, while Army Lt. Gen. H Steven Blum was honored with a National Mentoring Partnership Award during ceremonies at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center.

Read this Story