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                Jack & 
                Emily Robarts,
					 (2015 Awardees) from 
                Palm Beach County, FL [click 
				to see 2016 event page] 
 
				 
                
                Maureen S. 
                Kelly,
					 (2014 Awardee) from 
                Tampa, FL [click 
				to see 2015 event page] 
 
				 
                
                David 
                Saltman,
					 (2013 Awardee) from 
                Sunny Isles Beach, FL [click 
				to see 2014 event page] 
 
				 
                
                Judith 
                "Judy" G. Thames,
					 (2012 Awardee) from 
                Orlando, FL [click 
				to see 2013 event page] 
 
				 
                
                Esther 
                "Tess" Canja,
					 (2011 Awardee) from 
                Port Charlotte, FL [click 
				to see 2012 event page] 
 
				 
                
                Joseph Schwartz,
					Pharmacy and 
                drug companies executive (2010 Awardee) from Coral Springs, FL [click 
				to see 2011 event page] 
 
				
				 Linda 
				Rubens, RN,
					Vice Chair, 
				Florida Statewide Advocacy Council (2009 Awardee) from 
                Jacksonville, FL [click 
				to see 2010 event page] 
 
				
				 Norma Lemberg,
					
								an MSW in the then 
				State of Florida Welfare Department and later in the Florida 
				Department of Health and Rehabilitation Services (2008 
				Awardee) from Coral Gables, FL [click 
				to see 2009 event page] 
 
				
				 William 
				"Bill" Humphrey,
					A leader of the IRS Volunteer 
				Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program (2007 Awardee) from Port 
                Richey, FL [click 
				to see 2008 event page] 
 
				
				 Austin Curry,
					Senate President of the Florida 
					Silver-Haired Legislature (2006 Awardee) from Tampa, FL [click 
				to see 2007 event page] 
 
				
				 John Stokesberry,
					
					former Executive Director, Alliance for Aging, Miami 
					(2005 Awardee) from Miami Shores, FL [click 
				to see 2006 event page] 
 
				
				 Norman Bungard,
					Florida Silver Haired Legislator 
					(2004 Awardee) from St. Petersburg, FL [click 
				to see 2004 event page] 
 
				
				Stanley P. 
					Godleski, Ed.D., Trustee 
					Emeritus, Hospice of Southwest Florida (2003 Awardee) from 
                Sarasota, FL [click 
				to see 2003 event page] 
 
				 Willis N. Murray, 
					Advocacy and Education Specialist at the Alliance for Aging 
					(2002 Awardee) from Miami, FL [click 
				to see 2002 event page] 
 
				 José Colon,
					SHINE Area Coordinator for Central 
					Florida (2001 Awardee) from Casselberry, FL [click 
				to see 2001 event page] 
 
				 William E. Hale,
					M.D., Director Emeritus of the 
					Florida Geriatric Research Program of Morton Plant Mease 
					Health Care (2000 Awardee) from Dunedin, FL [click 
				to see 2000 event page] 
 
                 E. Bentley 
					Lipscomb, 
				Executive Director, Florida AARP (1999 Awardee) 
                from Clearwater, FL [click 
				to see 1999 event page] 
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                            Seventeenth 
							Annual Presentation of theC. Colburn Hardy Older Advocate Award
 presented to Jack & Emily Robarts on January 26, 
                            2016
 in Tallahassee, FL
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                             FL Secretary of Elder Affairs Samuel Verghese, Jack 
                            & Emily Robarts, 2015 C. Colburn Hardy Older Advocate 
                            Awardees, and Carol Green
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							| 
                            Sixteenth 
							Annual Presentation of theC. Colburn Hardy Older Advocate Award
 presented to Maureen S. Kelly on
							April 14, 2015
 in Tallahassee, FL
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                             FL Secretary of Elder Affairs Samuel Verghese, Mrs. 
                            Maureen Kelly, 2014 C. Colburn Hardy Older Advocate 
                            Awardee, The Honorable Dorcas R. Hardy, and Audrey 
                            Folmer, Humana Long Term Care Operations Director
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                            Fifteenth 
							Annual Presentation of theC. Colburn Hardy Older Advocate Award
 presented to David Saltman on
							April 22, 2014
 in Tallahassee, FL
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                            Fourteenth 
							Annual Presentation of theC. Colburn Hardy Older Advocate Award
 presented to Judith "Judy" G Thames on
							May 16, 2013
 in Palm Beach Gardens, FL
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                             Austin Curry, Judy 
                            Thames, John Stokesberry, and The Honorable Dorcas 
                            R. Hardy
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							| 
                            Thirteenth 
							Annual Presentation of theC. Colburn Hardy Older Advocate Award
 presented to Esther "Tess" Canja on
							May 10, 2012
 in Palm Beach Gardens, FL
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							 The Honorable Dorcas 
                            R. Hardy
                            and Esther "Tess" Canja
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							| 
                            Twelfth 
							Annual Presentation of theC. Colburn Hardy Older Advocate Award
 presented to Joseph Schwartz on
							May 12, 2011
 in Palm Beach Gardens, FL
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							 Joseph Schwartz (left) and
 the Honorable Dorcas R. Hardy (right)
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