World Service Medal winners
Jamie Lee Curtis, American actress, author and activist, 2011
Jamie Lee Curtis was honored with the Kiwanis International Foundation World Service Medal at Kiwanis International Convention 2011 in Geneva, Switzerland, for her impressive work improving the lives of children.
Curtis has deep and active connections to many children’s charities, including Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles. She also is the official spokesperson for the Children Affected by AIDS Foundation and serves on its executive advisory board.
Past Kiwanis International Foundation World Service Medal winners
2010
| Dave Dyrden, Sleeping Children Around the World
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| 2009 | Dr. Gray Heppner, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research |
| 2007 | Karen Scheeringa, Hearts in Motion |
| 2005 | Fr. Pedro Opeka, Akamasoa |
| 2004 | Craig Kielburger, Free the Children |
| 2003 | Christel DeHaan, Christel House |
| 2002 | Binh Rybacki, Children of Peace International |
| 2001 | Roger Moore, United Nations Children's Fund |
| 2000 | Bertha "Grandma" Holt, Holt International Children's Services |
| 1999 | William and Kathy Magee, Operation Smile |
| 1998 | Louise Brissette, Les Enfants de l'Amour |
| 1997 | Lewis G. Zirkle Jr., Northwest Orthopaedic Associates |
| 1996 | Mother Teresa, Missionaries of Charity |
| 1995 | Rosalynn Carter and Betty Bumpers, Every Child By Two |
| 1994 | Ron Post, Northwest Medical Teams International |
| 1993 | Audrey Hepburn, United Nations Children's Fund |
| 1992 | Jaime Jaramillo Escheverry, Children of the Andes Foundation |
| 1991 | Yvonne Fedderson and Sara O'Meara Sigholtz, Childhelp USA/International |
| 1990 | William V. Dolan, MD, Esperança Inc. |
| 1989 | Harriet Van Meter, International Book Project |
| 1988 | Murray Dryden, Sleeping Children Around the World |
| 1987 | Terry Waite, Church of England |
| 1986 | Nancy Reagan, "Just Say No" anti-drug-abuse campaign |
| 1985 | Giuseppe Maggi, MD, Dr. Maggi Humanitarian Institution |
