People magazine, CNN to honor Longview native Jennifer Trubenbach
Wednesday, November 26, 2008 5:27 PM PST
By The Daily News
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E-mail this articleJennifer Trubenbach, a 1977 Mark Morris graduate, is one of four people People magazine named to “Heroes Among Us” for 2008 along with Beloved Jefeti, a 17-year-old boy from Zimbabwe, Africa, whose face was badly disfigured because of a land-mine accident. Trubenbach took out a second mortgage for $180,000 to pay for reconstructive surgery for Beloved, who has been living with the family for nearly a year.
The award presentation will be featured during CNN’s “Heroes: An All-Star Tribute,” which will air locally at 9 p.m. Thursday on Comcast channel 44.
Trubenbach lives in Lake Forest, Calif., and is the volunteer program director of the Longview-based Operation of Hope. Her father, retired Longview surgeon Joe Clawson, travels to Ecuador and Zimbabwe with his organization every year to help repair cleft palates.
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