ATLANTA, Ga. - On Wednesday, May 18, at a 4:00 p.m. EDT ceremony at the Carter Center in Atlanta, Ga., a returned senior volunteer will be presented with the Peace Corps' 2005 Lillian Carter Award. The national ceremony will be attended by the Peace Corps Deputy Director and former President Jimmy Carter and Jason Carter, son and grandson respectively of Lillian Carter, the senior volunteer who inspired this award.

The Lillian Carter Award was established by the Atlanta Regional Office of the Peace Corps in 1986. It is awarded every two years to an outstanding Peace Corps volunteer who, at the time of his or her service, was age 50 or older and has demonstrated a commitment to the Peace Corps' third goal: to help promote a better understanding of other peoples on the part of Americans. Lillian Carter joined the Peace Corps in 1966 and served for two years as a health volunteer in India. At the time of her service, she was 68 years old.

Today, the Peace Corps has over 7,733 volunteers serving in 72 nations. Approximately 6 percent of Peace Corps volunteers are aged 50 or older. To find out more about Americans serving in the silver or golden years, please visit the Who Volunteers? page.

For more information about this event, please contact the Peace Corps Press Office via e-mail at pressoffice@peacecorps.gov or by phone at 202.692.2230. Interested media will need to obtain credentials to report at the ceremony.

WHAT:
National nominee to be honored with the 2005 Lillian Carter Award

WHEN:
Wednesday, May 18, 2005
4:00 p.m. (Arrive by 3:45)

WHERE:
The Carter Center
Cecil B. Day Chapel
453 Freedom Parkway
Atlanta, GA 30307

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