Howard B. Schiffer of Vitamin Angel Alliance Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award at the Newport Summit
Howard B. Schiffer, Founder of Vitamin Angel Alliance, was honored last week with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Nutrition Business Journal’s Newport Summit.
Santa Barbara, CA (PRWEB) August 4, 2005 -- Howard B. Schiffer, Founder of
Vitamin Angel Alliance, was honored last week with the Lifetime Achievement
Award at the Nutrition Business Journal’s Newport Summit.
The NBJ/Newport
Summit is an annual convention of the world’s leading nutritional corporations
and manufacturers in the progressive natural, organic, health, and nutrition
industries. Schiffer received his Lifetime Achievement award for the impact
Vitamin Angels has had in addressing the international malnutrition crisis that
has affected hundreds of millions of people, most of them
children.
Schiffer, who was known throughout the natural foods
marketplace for developing and marketing quality new products reinvented his
career as a result of the 1994 Northridge earthquake. As he recounted in his
acceptance speech “We received a call from the relief people immediately after
the quake. People weren’t eating correctly. They were living in tents and were
very stressed out; all of the conditions were ripe for an epidemic or
opportunistic infections to spread.” Within 72 hours, Schiffer had arranged for
three large pallets of vitamins to be delivered for the relief
effort.
“And in that moment,” Schiffer said, “I found my calling. For my
entire career I had helped create and market natural products for those who
could afford to buy them. Now I had a different purpose. To provide basic
nutrition to people in need.”
In 2004, its tenth year, Vitamin Angel
Alliance shipped 23.4 million supplements to over 40 countries. In the first
five weeks of 2005, Vitamin Angels shipped over 10 million supplements to
tsunami survivors in Sri Lanka, India and Indonesia.
Following the award
ceremonies, senior natural food executives commented on Schiffer’s contributions
and the role Vitamin Angels plays in fighting malnutrition around the
world.
“Vitamin Angel Alliance reminds us that providing people with
basic nutrition is always the first step in making this world a better place,”
said Elliott Balbert, CEO of Natrol. “Their efficiency and integrity in making
sure the vitamins reach the poorest of the poor, makes it an honor to work with
them. Vitamin Angels is changing lives – ours and the people we get to
help.”
“Vitamin Angel Alliance, through the depth of their network and
relationships, has made a difference. We’re amazed by the speed, passion and
commitment with which they respond to those in need of nutritional supplements,”
said Len Monheit, President of NPI Center. “Over the past decade, more than a
hundred million vitamins and other supplements have saved the lives and eyesight
of millions, providing them with a chance for a productive future.”
“Vitamin Angel Alliance is a leader, providing vitamins to families
around the globe who otherwise would be at risk of disease. The Alliance is
ready when disaster hits,” said Dot Boyd, President of NNFA West, “Being
involved with the 'Angels' adds meaning and joy to my work in the natural foods
industry.”
Al Powers, President of NOW Foods stated, “Vitamin Angels
carries the vision that many of us in the natural product industry share; that
we can change the world by what we do.”
For further information about
Vitamin Angel Alliance and what you can do to help, call (805) 565-9919 or visit
their website at www.vitaminangels.org. For additional information please
contact Alissa Sears at Christie Communications at (805) 565-4122.
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Source : http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/8/prweb268673.htm