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Nadia Sutton, PAWS/LA Founder, Honored
As part of the 2010 Los Angeles Gay Pride festivities, event organizers, Christopher Street West, awarded PAWS/LA founder, Nadia Sutton, the Morris Kight Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of her “lifetime of work that has left a lasting major imprint on the LGBT community.”
The Morris Kight Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes an individual whose lifetime of work has left a lasting major imprint on the LGBT community. To make a lasting impression on an individual takes a special person. To make a difference in the lives of many takes a lifetime of work and a tremendous amount of selflessness. Nadia Sutton makes a difference in the lives of the people that she encounters every day. Nadia is described by her peers as a champion and as an individual constantly working to help others. In 1989, Nadia founded PAWS/LA (Pets Are Wonderful Support), a non-profit organization dedicated to helping those affected by HIV/AIDS who had difficulty caring for their pets. Nadia saw a need and wrangled a team to make sure that those in need were not forced to lose their cherished animal companions. Since then the organization has expanded its scope and currently serves nearly 2,000 low-income seniors and those living with terminal illness.
Nadia is passionate about fighting against injustice and for equality. She is among the first to mobilize teams of people to show up at a march or demonstration. She hits the streets for youth, seniors, pets, and those outside of the LGBT community as well. Nadia is a social activist, volunteer, and inspiration. Her tireless giving and constant contributions do not go unnoticed. One nominator wrote, “Nadia embodies the true attributes of a heroine. She has committed herself to the LGBT community for decades and asks for nothing in return!”
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I salute Nadia’s work and in 2007 start my small organization to do for patients of all kinds, myself being a lupus patient in 2000, while on chemotherapy for 2 years, which without the love of many volunteers, helped me keep my pets and my children who were then 10 and 6, during my crisis. My Papillon, Medici in 2004 was diagnosed with lupus as well, but we started the mission in the suburbs of Chicago in 2007. WE are asking all pet sitters and pet caregivers to pledge a pet sit to support a data base of human resources to aid patients of all kinds and prevent the needless relinquishment of the healing companion bond.
God Bless you all for your pioneering work, we are all under one God and one color of blood .
AnnMarie Schrage Glaviano
Dear Nadia, Congratulations! I remember watching you do great work since Neighborhood Network in ’97 and your life and PAWS also continue to help and inspire me.
CONGRATS NADIA…. WHO WOULD OF THOUGHT WHEN YOU STARTED THIS AT HERNANDEZ HOUSE HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU WERE GOING TO HELP , YOU SHOULD BE VERY PROUD YOU STARTED SUCH A GREAT AND HELPFUL ORGANIZATION.
HUGS AND KISSES NADIA….
CORD GOWEN
Nadia, I will never forget the love and support you gave me when I came to volunteer in 1992 and was really down and out financially and emotionally You gave me cat food for Dennis, my first cat. You are truly an amzing woman and all I can say is that you have chnaged the lives of so many people.
Best wishes and congratulations,
Kevin
Fondest congratulations and deepest gratitude to Nadia and all those like and with her who so lovingly generously and kindly help those suffering in need!!!! Bless and thanks to ALL you GREAT Sweet Hearts!!!! from a GRATEFUL PAWS/LA client!!!
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Congratulations on the Morris Kight Lifetime Achievement Award! Keep up the good work.