Heifer International

2007 Elizabeth Craig Weaver Proctor Medal

Presented to Heifer International, Jo Luck accepting. What began with Faith, Hope and Charity, in 1939 Indiana farmer Dan West, a volunteer relief worker handing out cups of powdered milk to orphans and refugees on both sides of the Spanish Civil War. He had an idea: give suffering families cows so they could produce their own milk and not have to rely on temporary aid. From that simple idea the project grew and using livestock and training to alleviate hunger proved to be enormously successful.

Proposed by: a member of Little Rock Garden Club, Zone IX

The Elizabeth Craig Weaver Proctor Medal is awarded, by specific request, to non-members for exemplary service and creative vision in any field related to The Garden Club of America’s special interests.

Elizabeth Craig Weaver Proctor (1918–2014) was a member of The Garden Club of Nashville, Zone IX, a GCA director and GCA Executive Committee vice president. She served on the Nominating, Literary, and Founders Fund committees and chaired the Public Relations and Visiting Gardens committees. She was instrumental in the relocation of the Howe Garden to Cheekwood Estate & Gardens in 1968 and was a two-term mayor of the city of Belle Meade. She received the Zone IX Creative Leadership Award in 1982 and the GCA’s Amy Angell Collier Montague Medal for outstanding civic achievement in 1991. Elizabeth served on the boards of the American Horticultural Society, Mount Vernon, and Historic Kenmore in Virginia. The award was originally known as the Special Citation (1963–2003). It was endowed by the Elizabeth Craig Weaver Proctor Charitable Foundation in June 2003 and first awarded in 2004.

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