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Awards / Media Attention

 

       

Marilyn Price and Norman Schwarzkopf
Marilyn Price on
"Schwarzkopf's
America" (CBS
Evening News)

   

Awards

  • Heart of Marin Award for Achievement in Nonprofit Excellence (January 2008)
  • Semi-Finalist National Volvo for Life Award (October 2007)
  • Marin Women's Hall of Fame, Induction of Director Marilyn Price (March 2006)
  • 49ers Community Quarterback Award to Trips For Kids Board President Paul Sanford, 49ers Foundation (December 2003)
  • Maritn Luther King, Jr. Humanitarian Award, Marin County Human Rights Commission (November 2003)
  • Hanna Creighton Environment Justice Award, Sierra Club Marin Group (October 2003)
  • SGMA Hero, National Winner, Sporting Goods Manufacturing Association (2002)
  • Daily Point of Light (June 11, 2001)
  • e-chievement, NPR (2001)
  • Childrens' Services Award, Marin County Bicycle Coalition (December 2000)
  • Waste Reduction Program of the Year, California Integrated Waste Management Board (1999)
  • Waste Reduction Program Winner, California Integrated Waste Management Board (1995-98, 2000-04)
  • Women In High Gear: Celebrating Industry Leaders, Interbike, (September 1999)
  • Lend-a-Hand, Marin Independent Journal (July 1999)
  • Environmental Award in the category of Education, Bicycling Magazine (1998)
  • As They Grow, Parents Magazine (1998)
  • Mountain Bike Hall of Fame, Induction of Trips For Kids Director Marilyn Price (1996)
  • Volunteer of the Year, Volunteer Center of Marin (1996)
  • Pacific Award for Outstanding Service to the Mountain Biking Community, International Mountain Bicycling Association (1996)
  • Channel 7 Salutes, KGO TV (September 1995)
  • Golden Rule Award, JC Penny (1995)
  • Unsung Hero, San Francisco Examiner (1995)
  • Daisy Award, S.F. Bay Area Girl Scouts (1994)
  • Model Program Award, International Mountain Bicycling Association (1994)

Media Attention

  • Pacific Sun, "The Price is Right" cover story (March 2006).
  • Channel G, Promotional video of Trips For Kids (January 2006)
  • Outside Magazine, Trips For Kids featured in Adventure Altruism article (February 2005)
  • KRON TV 4, featured Trips For Kids on Bay Area Backroads (October 2003)
  • Ranger Rick Magazine, 4-page article on Trips For Kids (May 2002)
  • San Francisco Chronicle, Feature on Marilyn Price (February 2002)
  • World Environment, feature on Trips For Kids (May 2001)
  • "A Flash of Gold" - Olympic Gold metal winner, Paola Pezzo, joins Trips For Kids ride
  • TV50, interview with Trips For Kids earn-a-bike program instructor (January 2000)
  • KPIX TV5, "Hometown Heroes" program (May 2000)
  • Mountain Bike Magazine, recognized Marilyn Price and Trips For Kids as "Promise Keepers" in their list ofthe "Most Significant People" in mountain bike history (March 2000)
  • Bicycling Magazine, named Trips For Kids teen employee "Hero" (March 2000)
  • KTVU/Fox, "Family to Family" Christmas Special (December 1999)
  • San Francisco Chronicle, "Pedaling Away to a New View of the World" (August 1999)
  • San Francisco Chronicle, "Marin Teens Toil in Well-Tooled Bike Program" (January 1999)
  • Bike Magazine, "One of the 25 Most Important Women in Mountain Biking," (April 1997)
  • NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw, "Schwarzkopf's America" (August 1996)
  • Bicycling Magazine, "Local Heroes" (March 1996)
  • Sports Illustrated Magazine, "To Reach New Heights" (September 1995)
  • NBC, ABC and CBS: segments on Trips For Kids during peak local news hours

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