Usually she's the driving force behind their social action efforts. Turner's efforts haven't gone totally unnoticed. She was inducted into the Rancho Bernardo Hall of Fame in 1989, shared one of President Bush's Points of Light for her work with the ICS rotational shelter program, was named St. Clare's most outstanding volunteer last year and received the Women's International Center's Lifetime Legacy Award. Interfaith Community Services took its turn Wednesday at the Radisson Hotel in Rancho Bernardo, giving friends and those who have worked with Turner over the years the chance to say thank you. Comments like this from longtime volunteer Len Jacobson left Turner practically speechless.
Hundreds compete for the Nobel Prize as the best in their field.
I'm offering Lee the Noble Prize for being the most noble human being I've ever met, and I'm 81. She's done so much for so many for so long. That work was recognized by her friends Merle and Teresa Fischlowitz, who made a large donation to name the kitchen at the new ICS building, scheduled to be completed June 1, after Turner. There are plenty of wonderful people around here. I write about a lot of them.