SHADE Foundation

2008

• Shonda Schilling fin­ished her 4^th Boston Marathon to raise money for SHADE
• Produced the 2008 Sun Protection Flicks Campaign with Showcase Cinemas rais­ing over $100,000 for SHADE 

2007

• The Wellness Community-Greater Boston rec­og­nized Shonda Schilling with the 2007 Gilda Radner Award as an indi­vid­ual who demon­strated courage, deter­mi­na­tion and hope in the face of cancer.
• Shonda was named host of Facing Cancer Together, a tele­vi­sion pro­gram being pro­duced by the Wellness Community and air­ing on cable sta­tions around the country.
• Shonda Schilling fin­ished her 3^rd Boston Marathon to raise money for SHADE.
• The Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association awarded Shonda Schilling the Partners in Prevention “Making a Difference” Award. Schilling, a skin can­cer sur­vivor and the Founder of the SHADE Foundation, was selected because of the com­mu­nity ser­vice work she does to pro­mote sun­safety. The award was giv­ing dur­ing the 11^th Annual MIAA Wellness Summit held in Milford, MA on September 28.

2006

• Finished her 2^nd Boston Marathon on behalf of the SHADE Foundation.
• Received an hon­orary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Merrimack College.
• Awarded the Lady Baden Powell Good Scout Award by the Boston Minuteman Council.
• Participated in the Play It Smart When It Comes to the Sun pro­gram with MLB.
• Reached mil­lions of Americans with her sun­safety mes­sage dur­ing media appear­ances with Geraldo At Large, Women’s World Magazine among other local chan­nels across the country.
• Raised $200,000 in the 2^nd annual Say It With Flowers Boston event on behalf of the ALS Association.

2005

• Earned Honorary Doctorate Degree in Public Service from Framingham State College
• Awarded the Exceptional Women’s Award for Community Service from Boston radio sta­tion Magic 106.7
• Completed the Boston Marathon rais­ing over $100,000 for SHADE
• Completed the PF Chang’s Rock N Roll Marathon rais­ing over $40,000 for SHADE

2004

• Recognized nation­ally with the Speaker Thomas J. “Tip” O’Neill, Jr. Award for Public Service by the Greater Boston Federal Executive Board
• Received the Alumni of the Year Award from Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority
• Honored by The American Academy of Dermatology with an indi­vid­ual achieve­ment Gold Triangle Award
• Awarded along with her hus­band and chil­dren, the Telly award for excel­lence in a national tele­vi­sion com­mer­cial for their par­tic­i­pa­tion in the ALSA National ALS Awareness Month PSA

2003

• Chaired “The Shonda Schilling Say It with Flowers” Luncheon in Arizona which raised over $250,000 in three years
• SHADE Foundation and Shonda Schilling earned “Excellence in Cancer Awareness” award from the Congressional Families Program of the Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation in Washington, DC.
• Accepted the Outstanding Fundraiser Award by the Association of Professional Fundraisers
• Awarded the Girl Scout World of Humanity Award by the Arizona Cactus– Pine Girl Scout Council (In Shonda’s honor the SHADE Badge for scouts to earn was launched.)

2002

• Received, along with her hus­band Curt Schilling, the Catfish Hunt Award from the North Carolina Chapter of the ALS Association
• Served as the National Spokeswoman for Melanoma Monday on behalf of the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD)
• Received All-Star Award from National ALS Association

2001

• Earned the Lawrence A. RAND Award rec­og­niz­ing nation­ally con­tin­ued ser­vice and ded­i­ca­tion to ALS