Honorees

All honorees of The Extra Mile are chosen by an independent nine member Selection Committee from among nominations submitted by the public. A biography of each individual can be accessed by clicking on the names below.

Jane Addams Founder of Hull-House Inducted April 16, 2007 Edgar Allen Founder, Easter Seals Made possible by Easter Seals Inducted October 14, 2005 Susan B. Anthony Suffragist Inducted April 16, 2007 Clara Barton Founder, American Red Cross Made possible by Target Inducted October 14, 2005 Ballington & Maud Booth Co-founders, Volunteers of America Made possible by Volunteers of America Inducted October 14, 2005 William D. Boyce Founder, Boy Scouts of America Made possible by Boy Scouts of America Inducted October 14, 2005 Cesar Chavez Co-founder, United Farm Workers of America Made possible by Ford Motor Company Inducted October 14, 2005 Ernest Kent Coulter Founder, Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America Made possible by Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America Inducted October 14, 2005 Dorothea Dix Advocate for the Reform of Institutions for the Mentally Ill Inducted April 16, 2007 Frederick Douglass Abolitionist Made possible by grants from the Philip L. Graham Fund and The Washington Post Inducted October 14, 2005 Millard and Linda Fuller Founder and Co-founder, Habitat for Humanity Made possible by Whirlpool Inducted October 14, 2005 Charlotte & Luther Gulick Co-founders, Camp Fire USA Sponsored by Camp Fire USA's National Youth Advisory Cabinet and National Board of Trustees

William Edwin Hall Founder, Boys & Girls Clubs of America Made possible by Freddie Mac Inducted October 14, 2005 Paul Harris Founder, Rotary International Made possible by Rotary International Inducted October 14, 2005 Edgar J. Helms Founder, Goodwill Industries Made possible by Goodwill Industries Inducted October 14, 2005 Melvin Jones Founder, International Association of Lions Clubs Made possible by International Association of Lions Clubs Inducted October 14, 2005 Helen Keller Advocate for the Blind and Founder, American Foundation for the Blind Made possible by American Foundation for the Blind Inducted October 14, 2005 Martin Luther King, Jr. Civil Rights Leader Made possible by FedEx Corporation Inducted October 14, 2005 Juliette Gordon Low Founder, Girl Scouts Made possible by Girl Scouts Inducted October 14, 2005 Mary White Ovington/W.E.B. Dubois Founders, NAACP Made possible by Freddie Mac Inducted October 14, 2005 Eunice Kennedy Shriver Founder, Special Olympics Made possible by the Case Foundation Inducted October 14, 2005 Harriet Tubman Leader of the (Underground Railroad) Effort to Free Slaves Made possible by The Washington Times Inducted October 14, 2005 Booker T. Washington Civil Rights Leader Made possible by Ford Motor Company Inducted October 14, 2005 Ida Wells-Barnett Leader of the Anti-lynching Movement Inducted April 16, 2007

The seven honorees listed below will be recognized in future ceremonies.

Roger Baldwin Founder, American Civil Liberties Union Clifford Beers Founder of the Modern Mental Health Movement Wallace Campbell Founder, CARE Rachel Carson Environmentalist

Samuel Gompers Founder, American Federation of Labor, predecessor to the AFL-CIO John Muir Conservationist Robert Smith/William Wilson Co-founders, Alcoholics Anonymous

Additional honorees will be chosen as nominations are received and reviewed by the Selection Committee.

Do you know of someone, past or present, whose achievements in helping others are so extraordinary that his or her name should be added to the list of Extra Mile honorees? If so, nominate him or her.

While not everyone can become an Extra Mile honoree, many can receive the Daily Point of Light Award or the President's Volunteer Service Award