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Indianapolis St. Luke's volunteers win Regional Emmy Award
"The number one must be seen as just as powerful as all the big numbers." |
CLEVELAND, Ohio - The National Association of Television Arts and Sciences in Cleveland presented its 2006 Regional Emmy Awards Sept. 9. Among the winners from Indiana was a group of volunteers from The Power of One, an Indianapolis nonprofit organization connected with Saint Luke's United Methodist Church.
The Emmy is the highest award given in television.
The Power of One team produced an original documentary called, The Power of One in Kenya: Into the Heart of Hope, about individuals standing up to the global pandemic of AIDS and defeating it one person at a time. The documentary has aired locally on WFYI-TV Indianapolis and regionally on other public broadcasting stations.
The Power of One, Inc. is an Indianapolis non-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness of the global AIDS pandemic.
The Power of One started as a response to a simple question, "What are you going to tell your grandchildren you did while an entire continent withered away from AIDS?" That question was asked in December 2002, by the lead singer of the band U2, Bono. In response to that question, in August 2004, 11 volunteers from the Indianapolis area, called The Power of One, traveled to Eldoret, Kenya to film a documentary to share the stories of real people with fears, desires, faces and names.
"When you see them, you believe that you have to care for their feelings and do whatever is in your power to help them feed their families, have faith and envision a brighter future," says Stan Abell, executive director of The Power of One. "6,600 African people die every day from AIDS; 2.4 million Africans died in 2004 from AIDS. There are currently 12 million AIDS orphans in Africa," Abell said.
"While numbers may not tell the whole story, they are important. The number one must be seen as just as powerful as all the big numbers. After all, somewhere along the line, twelve million orphaned children started out as just one."
Abell was executive producer of Into the Heart of Hope and is an associate pastor at Saint Luke's UMC and a member of The Garden clergy team. Lori Crantford, director of communication at Saint Luke's, was creative producer and writer. Mike Jensen, a member of The Garden (a satellite ministry of Saint Luke's) was cinematographer and editor of the documentary. Other members are: Joleen House, Robin Howard, Beth Fried, Jonathan Fried, Charlie Russell, Kaline Schounce, Ron Pettigrew and Rob Westerman.
Last updated on 25 Apr 2008