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Last year's Hope Award for Effective Compassion contest was such a big hit that we are doing it again, with readers again nominating worthy organizations. (Nominations closed
on Jan. 31.)

The goal is the same: To learn about and honor remarkable expressions of Christian compassion in the U.S. Among last year's finalists were groups that minister to prisoners, to orphans, to parents of disabled children, to women leaving the sex trade, to the ill who don't have health insurance, and more.

Here's a change from last year: We will have one winner and two other finalists in each of four regions—Northeast, Midwest, South, and West. The American Bible Society, co-sponsor of this contest, will give $5,000 to each regional winner and $5,000 more to a national winner, but we also plan to publish feature stories on all finalists. Such coverage spotlights their work and suggests to others the opportunity to go and do likewise.

We plan to run stories about regional winners and finalists in April, May, June, and July. In August we plan to take a look at compassion abroad, and then report our national winner in September. Readers who nominated winners will receive a one-year WORLD subscription or an extension.

2009
	Effective compassion winners by Marvin Olasky From nine finalists came one whose commitment to children of inmates received top billing.

Effective Compassion | September 26, 2009

First fruits
COVER STORY | by Marvin Olasky
From hundreds of nominations, we’ve picked nine effective poverty-fighting groups for a $20,000 contest. Here are the first three.

2009 nominated organizations

Christ for People with Developmental Disabilities | Anoka, Minn.
Church of the disabled: Minnesota’s Christ for People leaves no one behind | Alisa Harris

RUNNER-UP
CrossOver Ministry | Richmond, Va.
CrossOver appeal: A Christian health clinic becomes a safety net for the uninsured | Emily Belz

GRAND PRIZE WINNER
Forgiven Ministry | Taylorsville, N.C.
Forgiven, not forgotten: North Carolina ministry seeks to build ties between prisoners and their children | Jamie Dean

Africa, Inc. | October 10, 2009

The next three
HOPE AWARD | by Marvin Olasky
These next three finalists creatively aid the needy and help them to follow through.

2009 nominated organizations

I Am a Treasure | Los Angeles
Jesus & strippers: I Am a Treasure lavishes the love of Christ on women in the sex industry | Emily Belz

Northern Youth Program | Dryden, Ontario, Canada
Northern light: In an Inuit area overwhelmed by sexual abuse and suicide, Clair and Clara Schnupp help young men see God’s mercy | Jill Lacey

Campus Clubs | Macon, Ga.
Macon disciples: Campus Clubs teaches poor children about the value of work, and their own value in Christ: ‘Just because you’re in the ‘hood doesn’t mean the ‘hood is in you’ | Jamie Dean

Save the unions | October 24, 2009

Three more
HOPE AWARD | by Marvin Olasky
The final three of the nine finalists in our Hope Award for Effective Compassion contest embody perseverance.

2009 nominated organizations

RUNNER-UP
Snappin' | Oconomowoc, Wisc.
Keeping parents sane: Snappin' comes to help when the families of disabled children are about to snap | Alisa Harris

Roving Volunteers in Christ's Service | Smithville, Texas
Roving retirees: Seniors trade golf clubs for hammers to help Christian nonprofits | Emily Belz

Galilean Children's Home | Liberty, Ky.
Welcome home: Children with severe disabilities, many of them abandoned, find more than just a place to live at Galilean Children's Home | Jamie Dean

For articles from other WORLD “Effective Compassion” issues, click the links below: