Providing domestic violence and child abuse services to American women and children overseas

Americans Overseas Domestic Violence Crisis Center
Formerly the American Domestic Violence Crisis Line

Americans Overseas Domestic Violence Crisis Center

AODVC Founder and Executive Director, Paula Lucas, Winner of 2009 Most Caring People in America Award

Senator and former Majority Leader, Robert J. Dole, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Caring Institute, announced the winners of the 2009 Most Caring People in America Awards on September 24th.

Paula Lucas, our Founder & Executive Director, was one of the five adults honored during the Caring Awards ceremony on the evening of October 13 at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles, California. There were also five winners in the young adult category, an international winner and a Mother Teresa Lifetime Achievement Award given to the Dalai Lama.

Other adult winners included General Colin Powell, former Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Former U.S. Secretary of State and genocide survivor John Dau, the leader of the Lost Boys of Sudan.

Paula Lucas, along with Colin Powell, at the Caring Award Ceremony in Los Angeles October 13th
 
Paula Lucas, along with Colin Powell, at the Caring Award Ceremony in Los Angeles October 13th.