Formal description of the presentation:
The Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Colombia is Passion will be presenting in an informal ceremony at the Discover Colombia Through Its heart main exhibit at Union Station. This award comes from an online contest held from the 22nd of April until the 13th of June of 2009, through the RedEsColombia site
Washington D.C., - 152 Colombians living in the US, in over 26 states were postulated. Amongst these, 20 final nominees were selected and out of these 9 final winners were picked through online voting at www.redescolombia.org.
Over 106.743 votes were given to all of the 9 winners, who are bringing up the best of Colombia on their communities. It is important to bring up the importance of the participation of the Colombian Embassy and the 9 Colombian Consulates in the US.
On July the 13th the final winners were officially annonunced: José Ordóñez, José Eugenio Hoyos, Héctor F. Idárraga Betancur, Yolanda Naranjo, Edwin Gil, Margarita Quintero, Jairo Álvarez Botero, César Zapata and John Moreno.
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The award recipients are part of the Colombian Footprint program from the http://www.colombiaespasion.com site -- see http://www.colombiaespasion.com/es/asi-es-colombia/nuestra-gente/huella-colombiana . I can't read Spanish but these translations are based on ones thankfully provided by Google.
* José Bernardo Ordóñez: He has beaten seven world records telling jokes in Colombia and Ecuador and Uruguay. The jokes have collected thousands of dollars for children. It has more than one thousand two hundred seventy hours of jokes work with children in Colombia.
* Father Jose Eugenio Hoyos Salcedo: Passion for freedom, peace and international solidarity. He has lived in the Washington metropolitan area for over 20 years. He organized and participated in many cultural and religious events promoting the positive image of Colombia.
* Hector F. Idarraga Beta: Convinced of the social effect it has on helping the poorest of his country. His Hope Project Foundation provides wind musical instruments used for the bands of low-income schools in Colombia.
* Yolanda Naranjo: Believes that no Colombian has not left their mark, for all Colombians have in our hearts a passion for helping others. We learned the gift of service in our beloved Colombia.
* Edwin Gil: Architect of the "Our Flag, Our Country, Our Home" with the aim of uniting Colombians residing abroad through their imprints of their hands reflected on a canvas that extracts the flag of Colombia.
* Margarita Quintero: Living in Boston for the last eight years, she has worked for the welfare and progress of Colombians living in Massachusetts, through programs and projects with the community.
* Jairo Alvarez: After an arduous struggle, he became the largest developer and builder of the State of Louisiana. All his children are friends and partners. Artist, philanthropist and cancer survivor has been active with numerous charities in their countries.
* Cesar Zapata: Arrived in the United States in 1995 and works in the museum sector as a designer, university professor and manager of cultural initiatives. Part of the board of the foundation caringforcolombia.org based in New York.
* John Moreno: This youthful leader has been blazing trails in this country, creating a change in attitude of young Colombians, Americo-Colombians and foreigners.
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