Tomas Ramos
accepted the President's Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition
of over 5,000 hours of volunteer service
NEW
YORK, June 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- On
Thursday, June 13, Tomas Ramos, the founder, president and CEO of
the NYC-based anti-poverty nonprofit Oyate Group, was recognized
with the President's Lifetime Achievement Award, the most
prestigious civil award for extraordinary volunteerism that can be
bestowed by the President of the United
States. New York State
Senator Luis Sepulveda presented Tomas with a personalized
certificate, a letter by President Joe
Biden and a gold medallion at Carnegie Hall in New York City.
"It is truly an honor to receive and accept President
Joe Biden's Lifetime Achievement
Award among friends, colleagues and my community," said
Tomas Ramos, CEO, president and
founder of Oyate Group. "New York
City is my home, and I will continue to invest time and
resources to re-empower communities facing economic hardships in an
effort to create a more resilient New
York."
The President's Lifetime Achievement Award honors outstanding
individuals with over 5,000 hours of service who have positively
impacted communities and inspired those around them to take action
too.
Tomas is known as an agent of change in the Bronx and other boroughs for the innovative,
sustainable and holistic structures he introduces to under-served
communities through Oyate Group. From vaccinating over 40,000
Bronx residents deemed unreachable
by the city at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic to creating the
first paid internship program for undocumented students in NYC,
Tomas's influence in the city reverberates across the nation. Most
recently, Tomas partnered with Grubhub and the New York State Latino Restaurant, Bar &
Lounge Association to give $200,000
in microgrants and mentoring to local restaurant owners.
Tomas' dedication to the Bronx
community was recently recognized for the second consecutive year
by City & State New York's 2024 Bronx Power 100 list where he
ranked 83. Tomas has also been included in Crain's New York
Business's Notable Hispanic Leaders and Executives list in 2022 and
2021, recognized in Negocios Now's NYC Latinos 40 under 40 Class of
2022 in 2023 and awarded the VIP Community Services' Community
Builder Award in 2022.
Media interested in learning more about Oyate Group and its
programs should contact Emiliano
Garcia at emiliano@thetascgroup.com.
About Oyate Group
Oyate Group is a Bronx-based nonprofit with the mission to
alleviate poverty through sustainable and holistic solutions that
empower underserved communities across New York City and close resource gaps for New
Yorkers. Oyate Group's programs and initiatives focus on youth
development, small business empowerment, food accessibility, gun
violence prevention and more. Oyate Group is nationally recognized
for vaccinating over 40,000 New Yorkers at the height of the
pandemic, its one-of-a-kind paid internship program for
undocumented youth, a small business incubator offering up to
$50,000 to local entrepreneurs, a
$20,000 scholarship for Bronx youth headed to college, a leadership
program for high schoolers, annual turkey giveaways, backpack
giveaways and gun buybacks. For more information, visit
OyateGroup.org, and follow Oyate Group on Instagram, Twitter
and LinkedIn.
Media Contact: Emiliano
Garcia
The TASC Group
Phone: 917-446-7571
emiliano@thetascgroup.com
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