L’Oréal “Women of Worth”
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Karen Stark - founder of the "HUGS Project," which sends "hugs" (handmade wearable items for warming or cooling, depending on the season) and care packages to U.S. troops serving overseas - is chosen by popular vote as L'Oreal's Women of Worth National Honoree. Voting for the award opened in early October (1"The Rose Sheet" Oct. 15, 2007, p. 8). Stark will receive $25,000 for the HUGS Project, on top of the $2,500 awarded to all 13 Women of Worth honorees for their respective non-profit and $2,500 donated in each woman's name to The Ovarian Cancer Research Fund, with which L'Oreal Paris has had a charitable partnership for 10 years, firm notes...