Cookie magazine believes that moms can change the world, and for the past three years we have honored the women who are doing just that. This year The Smart Cookie Award was given to seven amazing mothers – including Amy Eldrige, whose foundation provides Chinese orphans with medical care and Salma Hayek, whose collaboration with UNICEF aims to eradicate Tetanus among children forever. These women provide inspiration to those striving to make a difference in the lives of women and children around the world.

Debra Messing

YouthAIDS

Salma Hayek

UNICEF

Uma Thurman

Room to Grow

Amy Eldridge

Love without Boundaries

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2009

Debra Messing	YouthAIDS
Salma Hayek	UNICEF
Uma Thurman	Room to Grow
Amy Eldridge	Love without Boundaries
Deborah Koenigsberger	Hearts of Gold
Judy Woodruff	Kennedy Krieger Institute
Alicia Ely Yamin	Amnesty International's Demand Dignity Campaign

2009 Readers’ Choice Finalists

Alison Kiehl Friedman	Alliance to Stop Slavery and End Trafficking
Valerie Sobel	The Andre Sobel River of Life Foundation
Susan Retik-Ger	Beyond the 11th
Robin Smalley	mothers2mothers

2008

Christie Brinkley	Global Security Institute Tooth Fairy Project
Julia Louis Dreyfus	Heal the Bay
Karenna Gore Schiff	The Association to Benefit Children
Kim Raver	UNICEF
Roni Lomeli	Shoes that Fit
Lee Woodruff	Bob Woodruff Foundation
Areva Martin	Special Needs Network

2007

Mariska Hargitay	Joyful Heart Foundation
Cynthia Nixon	Alliance for Quality Education
Sharon Stone	American Foundation for AIDS Research (amFAR)
Liya Kebede	Liya Kebede Foundation World Health Organization
Marcia Gay Harden	Red Cross YMCA
Maria Ortero	ACCION International
Heidi Breeze-Harris	One by One
Leigh Blake	Keep a Child Alive
Karen Guenther, Wendy Lethin, Sondria Saylor	Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund

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