Mary Lee-Butte has been named the 2009 winner of the Dogwood Dominion Award, which annually recognizes unsung heroes in the racing industry.
Lee-Butte, executive director of the Blue Grass Farm Chaplaincy, helps more than 1,500 Kentucky horse farm workers and their families each year by providing counseling, educational programs, health services, and financial assistance.
Lee-Butte will receive $5,000 and a bronze statue of Dominion, five time champion sire in England who inspired the creation of the award upon his death in 1993.
Lee-Butte is also the founder of the Chaplaincy’s Ladies Guild, the main fundraising arm of the BGFC.
The award will be presented to Lee-Butte on August 5 during a luncheon at the Reading Rooms in Saratoga Springs, New York.
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