Steve Wariner Receives Hope Award

6/3/2008 Lisa Ann Schleipfer Country Music singer/songwriter Steve Wariner will be honored today with the Hope Award from the Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital Hall Family Center for Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes. Wariner is being recognized for his work with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and he is the first person outside the medical field to be the recipient of the award. At the Fourth Annual Champions of Diabetes Dinner & Celebration at the St. Regis Hotel in New York this evening, Wariner will perform "There Will Come A Day (Holly's Song)." The single was featured on his 2003 Steal Another Day album and has since been given to the JDRF to use for promotional and fund-raising purposes. Wariner's personal experience with juvenile diabetes comes from his stepdaughter, Holly, who was diagnosed with the disease as a child. Wariner has served as the Honorary Celebrity Chair for the Walk to Cure Diabetes, joined the JDRF Children's Congress to raise awareness of the disease and helped raise funds for the Johnny Russell Memorial Grant for juvenile diabetes at Nashville's Vanderbilt University Medical Center. "I'm deeply honored to receive the Hope Award,” said the Grammy-award winning artist. "Mount Sinai does incredible work and research, and we’re all committed to finding a cure for diabetes. I feel blessed to be able to use my talents in any way to join that effort." The JDRF has twice recognized Wariner's philanthropic efforts. He was the recipient of the Angel Award from the Los Angeles Chapter and was recognized in 2004 with the Mike Coleman Award from the Knoxville Chapter.