GISS Is Recognized for "Caring"

	Carolyn Paurowski, CFC coordinator for GISS, and GISS Chief Dr. James Hansen hold CFC Leadership trophy.

NASA/Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), Code 940 in New York has been awarded the prestigious Leadership Trophy from the Combined Federal Campaign of New York City. This trophy is awarded to the federal agency with the highest per-capita gift in the New York City campaign. "NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies achieved a per-capita gift of $359,the highest by far of any federal agency in New York City. Although per-capita is the only factor taken into consideration for the Agency Leadership Trophy, NASA had many other impressive achievements including one of the highest Average Gifts, $478 and a 75 percent participation rate."

Front View of United Nations Building

On March 21, Carolyn Paurowski, CFC coordinator for GISS, and GISS Chief Dr. James Hansen were presented the first-time ever trophy at an Awards ceremony at the United Nations.

The Goddard Space Flight Center had an overall impressive year for the CFC. For the first time, a bake sale was held at Greenbelt to raise additional funds for CFC. In addition, Wallops Flight Facility held its annualemployee Fun

	Chris Shreves with the winning entry, Rain Maker

Day. This event consists of various fund raising activities including senior management cooking grill food items to sale and an employee rocket launch contest. Goddard met 98.1 percent of its goal for the 2002 CFC year. All participates are thanked for their contributions.