Golden Rule Banquet April 7, 2022

We are elated to celebrate the following honorees:

Marie Osmond – Besides being an iconic performer, speaker, author, and philanthropist with the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, she has exemplified the Golden Rule through concerts and events in Idaho and Hawaii to promote interfaith understanding. AZIFM is honored to recognize Marie Osmond for being a global interfaith champion and will present her with the Paul Eppinger Award, which is named after Rev. Dr. Paul Eppinger, Executive Director Emeritus AZIFM.” Dr. Eppinger is esteemed for his Golden Rule vision of an interfaith world that sees no walls or boundaries, instead embraces a sincere love for people of different religions and cultures around the world. 

Dr. Gladys Taylor McGarey, – An Arizona Hall of Fame recipient, an internationally-recognized Mother of Holistic Medicine who helped rural Afghanistan mothers have safer birthing practices (at age 85), greatly improving their mortality statistics. Her Golden Rule spirit embraces the whole person within her healthcare practice and she began a Task Force of medical providers that emphasizes prevention to better care for people.

Michael Bankston – A former pro football Defensive End Arizona Cardinals who now uses his football skills and his Golden Rule character to impact at-risk children in many capacities and with multiple organizations. He donates his time to many charity events, golf tournaments, cancer awareness programs and children’s hospitals, and mentors underprivileged boys and those with special-education needs; he is a liaison between students, their families and the courts.

Mission of Mercy  – Whose Golden Rule mission is, “To restore dignity, ‘Healing through Love’ by providing free healthcare.” to the working poor and uninsured, coordinated under the umbrella of their Access to Care Program.  Their volunteer doctors, nurses and interpreters provided over 15,000 of Pro-bono hours provided by last year and their “Compassionate Partners” program collaborates with a network of local health care providers and service organizations who offer their patients services and prescription medication free of charge.

Trevor Gentry – An educated young man with a Golden heart who served hundreds of families in need on a church mission trip and received a Public Safety Life-saving Award from the Arizona Department of Public Safety for his care, swift action and courage of holding on to a man trying to take his own life.