National Awards

The Gold Medal, the Foundation's highest individual award, was instituted in 1958 and has since been presented to seven U.S. presidents, General of the Armies Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Court Justice Byron "Whizzer" White, John Wayne, General Norman Schwarzkopf and Jackie Robinson, among others.

Janie and Bill Riddle received the Chapter Leadership Award for the Western Region at the annual NFFCHF luncheon at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City on Dec. 12, 2000. This is the first time that a joint award has been made and the third time the Chapter has been so recognized (Frank Kush and Lew Shaw being previous recipients).