2007  Award Recipients

AQUA / J. Allen Pope Reaching Out Award    -    Dr. Harold Dodge
AQUA Community Unity Award    -    Peter Darr


Dr. Harold Dodge & Suzanne Cleveland
2007 and 2006 Recipients
AQUA/J. Allen Pope Reaching Out Award
Peter Darr
AQUA Community Unity Award

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Bay Area Inclusion Community Inspiration Award
-   Dr. Moira Amado-Miller

South Alabama Cares Individual Commitment Award 
-   John Gordon

Mobile Alabama  Pride  Rainbow Appreciation Award
-   Samantha A. Alexander

Cornerstone MCC  Living Stones Award
-   Sam Powell and Pat Hamilton

Gulf Coast Gay Men's Chorus  Founders' Award
-   Judson Martin

 PAST RECIPIENTS 

J. Allen Pope/Aqua Reaching Out Award
2004     J. Allen Pope
2005     Diane Hampton
2006     Suzanne Cleveland

 Aqua  Community Award
2006     Darwin Singleton
 

The Aqua Reaching Out Award was instituted in 2004 to recognize individuals who have made a difference in our community.  The first award was presented posthumously to J. Allen Pope, for his years of service to Mobile AIDS Support Services both as a volunteer and a member of the Board of Directors.  In Allen's honor the award was renamed the Aqua/J. Allen Pope Reaching Out Award.  The award has been  presented each November in conjunction with the Aqua Silent Auction.

The time has come to expand  the AQUA / J. Allen Pope Reaching Out Award.   We instituted the AQUA Community Unity Awards to be held in the spring of each year.   The J. Allen Pope award will be presented at this new event, the first of which was held March 8, 2007, at the L'Estrade Dinner Theater.   This year we added the AQUA Community Unity Award as well as having a guest speaker for the event.  We were fortunate to have  writer, actor, activist,  philanthropist and former marine, Jeff Key as our first guest speaker.

Ten Mobile organizations participated in this years event and a total of thirteen organizations were represented.  The reception this event received by the capacity crowd and the community in general was greater than any of us dreamed.  There is no question the AQUA Community Unity will grow to become a major event in Mobile.

If you would like to nominate someone you feel is deserving of this award please download and complete the nomination form, then mail it to:

                                                AQUA
                                    Post Office Box 145
                                       Mobile, Al. 36601

                          or E-mail info@aquahelps.org

Please include your name, address, phone number and e-mail address, as  well as the contact information for the person you nominate.  In 300 words or less explain why you think this person is deserving of the award.   All information given must be verifiable.  The selection of the recipient is at the sole discretion of the Aqua Committee.