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This year, United HomeCare proudly awarded the Claude Pepper Award to six extraordinary honorees:
Maximo Alvarez, founder and president, Sunshine Gasoline Distributors Inc., Corporate Service;
Joe Natoli, executive vice president and chief administrative officer, Baptist Health South Florida, Corporate Service-Healthcare;
The Hon. Ileana Garcia, Senator, District 36, Florida Senate, Public Service;
The Hon. Daniella Levine Cava, Mayor, Miami-Dade County, Community Builder;
Dr. Stephen D. Nimer, MD, director, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Healthcare Innovation Award, and
Yolanda Cash Jackson, Esq., shareholder, Becker, Thelma Gibson Community Service Award.
More than 370 community leaders, healthcare professionals and dignitaries gathered in honor of the 2023 Claude Pepper Award recipients and gave a toast to celebrate the organization’s 50-year milestone anniversary. The sold-out event honoring champions of aging was led by United HomeCare, president and CEO, Carlos L. Martinez and Michelle Barton King, chair of the board, joined by all UHC Volunteer Board of Directors. Dr.h.c. Rachel Tourgeman delivered a moving invocation and Calvin Hughes, newscaster from WPLG-Local 10, officiated as the event’s emcee.
Special recognition was given to all sponsors and supporters for their continued support.
The Claude Pepper Foundation and their chair and president, Thomas J. Spulak, also was present in recognition of the event’s 28th year. The Claude Pepper Awards luncheon is a signature event which pays tribute to the legacy of The Hon. Claude D. Pepper for his advocacy on behalf of the elderly and disabled, and honors exceptional individuals and organizations from the private and public sector who exemplify the spirit and ideals of the award’s namesake.
“Life is like riding a bicycle: you don’t fall off unless you stop pedaling,” an inspiring quote by the late Sen. Pepper, was the gala’s theme conveying United HomeCare’s promise to continue its mission of caring, one that it has rendered to hundreds of thousands older Floridians for 50 years.
To learn more about United HomeCare or give your support to its vital cause, please visit www.unitedhomecare.com.
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