On June 22, New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg, Newark Mayor Cory Booker, Goodwill Industries CEO Jim Gibbons and others were among the 15 recipients of the 2010 Jefferson Awards.
The Jefferson Awards recognizes those whose lives, careers and volunteer activities show the best examples of public service. They are also referred to as “The Nobel Prize for Public Service.”
While Bloomberg was awarded, he did not attend the ceremony.
–- report by Kate Oczypok and photographs courtesy of Elisabeth Edelman
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Atmosphere at the National Building Museum during the 38th Annual Jefferson Awards, considered the “Nobel Prize for public service.”
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Sam Beard, co-founder of the Jefferson Awards alongside Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Robert Taft Jr., serves as master of ceremonies for the Jefferson Awards gala.
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 Recipient of the Jefferson Award for Greatest Public Service by an Elected Official, Newark Mayor Cory A. Booker addresses the crowd at the National Building Museum.
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Robert Ford, executive director for the Jefferson Awards, offers the closing address after the evening's award presentations.
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Escorted by his daughter, president and CEO of Goodwill Industries International Jim Gibbons receives the Jefferson Award for Greatest Public Service Benefiting the Disadvantaged.
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Gary Maxworthy, Heather Wilder, Dr. Mark Kline, Jackie Millar and Robert S. Edwards received the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Jefferson Award, presented to five “unsung heroes” for their extraordinary and selfless volunteer work in their community.
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Nnamdi Asomugha, Cory A. Booker, Tyrus Thomas and Tad Skylar Agoglia, national Jefferson Award winners, pose for a photograph after the gala awards ceremony.
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Oakland Raiders football player Nnamdi Asomugha accepts the Jefferson Award for Outstanding Athlete in Service and Philanthropy.
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Students from the Salesianum School of Wilmington, Delaware, accept the Jefferson Award for Students in Action, recognized for their exemplary program of student volunteerism that has instilled the values of service, leadership and ethics.
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Founder of The First Response Team of America, Tad Skylar Agoglia accepts the Jefferson Award for Greatest Public Service by an Individual 35 and Under.
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Jefferson Awards board member Deanna Castellini presents Charlotte Bobcats basketball player Tyrus Thomas with the Jefferson Award for Outstanding Athlete as a Newcomer in Service and Philanthropy.
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