• Civitan International, based in Birmingham, Alabama, is an association of community service clubs founded in 1917. The organization aims "to build good...
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  • Junior Civitan International is a student-led service organization for middle and high school students. There are 11,000 Junior Civitan members in 400...
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    in 1972). She has served on the Special Olympics board and was Civitan International's celebrity chairperson for their Special Olympics involvement. She...
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    in Birmingham, Alabama, was the founder and first president of Civitan International. Shropshire was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1877. While living...
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    Moon, after Buzz Aldrin and Edgar Mitchell. Irwin was a member of Civitan International, a nonprofit organization promoting community service, scientific...
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    the international Adopt-a-Highway movement began in Tyler. After appeals from local Texas Department of Transportation officials, the local Civitan International...
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    work in nationalizing the Special Olympics, Shriver received the Civitan International World Citizenship Award. Her advocacy on this issue has also earned...
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    Apollo Theater. He also recorded public service announcements for Civitan International. Danny Bennett continued to be Tony's manager while Dae Bennett...
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    Warner has also appeared in several public service announcements for Civitan International, promoting his and Brenda's volunteer efforts and their work with...
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    of the bakery's earliest fundraising partners was Civitan International; since 1951, local Civitans have sold millions of pounds of Claxton fruitcake...
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  • his services and passion for the construction industry. In 1964, Civitan International presented Churchill with its first World Citizenship Award for service...
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    community colleges. He has recorded public service announcements for Civitan International, a nonprofit organization of which he is a former member. He has...
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    establishing the first Sunday in February as Four Chaplains Sunday. Civitan International, a worldwide volunteer association of service clubs, holds an interfaith...
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    1975 National Medal of Science National Medal of Science in 1975 Civitan International World Citizenship Award in 1970 National Aviation Hall of Fame (1982)...
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    Netherlands (1980) Commander, American Knights of Malta (1970) Civitan International World Citizenship Award Austrian Decoration for Science and Art...
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    signature, and he has appeared in public service announcements for Civitan International. Delhomme is noted for licking his fingers before every play, and...
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    Cundy, Arthur (October 1935). "Why an International!". The Civitan. XVII (2). Birmingham, Alabama: Civitan International: 17. Aitken, William Benford (1912)...
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  • victim, ex-boyfriend of Sharon Tate Courtney Shropshire, founder of Civitan International Fred Shuttlesworth, civil rights activist Haleigh Stidham, Miss...
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    Invitational, St. Petersburg Women's Open, Alpine Civitan Open, Muskogee Civitan Open, Dallas Civitan Open, Babe Zaharias Open, Women's Western Open, Waterloo...
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    Carolina State University was named in his honor. He was a member of Civitan International. List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)...
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    In 1991 Polly Mooney replanted a tree lost to a tsunami honoring Civitan International leader Courtney Shropshire. Mrs. Mooney was also honored by being...
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    repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment in 1933. He was also a member of Civitan International. Ritchie had been married, but his work got in the way of his marriage...
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    Alabama's iron and steel industry, the Alabama Central District of Civitan International and the representatives of the University of Alabama first proposed...
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  • The Muskogee Civitan Open was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1962 to 1965. It was played at the Muskogee Country Club in Muskogee, Oklahoma....
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    Center for Neurodegeneration and Experimental Therapeutics, the Civitan International Research Center, and the Center for Craniofacial, Oral, and Dental...
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  • 12AB3 Generic specialty plate: Alabama Association of Realtors; Civitan International; Delta Sigma Theta; Letter Carrier; NASCAR-themed; Organ Donor;...
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    various institutions in Tennessee. Sanford was an active member of Civitan International. He is one of six Tennesseans who have served on the Supreme Court...
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  • Brothers Publishers, 1933) Cundy, Arthur (October 1935). "Why an International!". The Civitan. XVII (2). Birmingham, AL: Civitan International: 17. v t e...
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  • faculty at the University of Alabama at Birmingham to direct the Civitan International Research Center. In 2016, Ramey and her husband were appointed as...
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  • Pilot's Association, the Arizona Business Aviation Association, and Civitan International. Still an active youth soccer referee, Littlefield served 11 years...
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