Award Grants to be Presented During
National Compassionate Leadership Week September 8-14, 2024
OGUNQUIT, Maine, July 15,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The TramutoPorter Foundation, a
non-profit organization co-founded in 2001 by author and
philanthropist Donato Tramuto and
Jeffrey Porter, announces its 2024
Compassionate Leadership Award recipients. The Maine-based Foundation maintains an unwavering
commitment to making the world more compassionate and kind by
making resources available globally to individuals and communities
in need. Award Grants will be presented during National
Compassionate Leadership Week, September
8-14, 2024.
The Compassionate Leadership Awards
reinforce our commitment to fostering a kinder, more compassionate
world.
"Our 2024 award recipients exemplify the spirit of compassionate
leadership that the TramutoPorter Foundation stands for," said
Donato Tramuto, co-founder of the
TramutoPorter Foundation. "By supporting these outstanding
individuals and organizations, we are not only recognizing their
remarkable efforts but also reinforcing our commitment to fostering
a kinder, more compassionate world. Each of these recipients has
shown incredible dedication to making a difference in their
communities, and we are proud to help them continue their vital
work."
2024 Compassionate Leadership Scholarship and Mentoring
Awards
The following students were each awarded a $20,000 4-year scholarship:
- Bangor High School (Bangor,
Maine) Graduate Heidi Jane Linder. Linder plans to
pursue a degree in biological sciences at the University of Maine.
- Wells High School (Wells,
Maine) Graduate Nathan Bolduc. Bolduc plans to pursue a
degree in management at the University of
Tampa.
Unique to this Award, each scholar is paired with a
TramutoPorter Foundation board of directors mentor who provides
guidance and support throughout the student's college years,
helping to develop connections and networks necessary for the
students to meet their ultimate career goals beyond college.
Scholars are selected based on their ability, efforts, and the
determination to contend with or overcome the challenges they have
faced. Additional considerations include community service, school
activities, character, leadership qualities, financial need and
those who have demonstrated a desire for a more compassionate and
kinder world. Since the launch of the Foundation in 2001, the
TramutoPorter Foundation has provided scholarships to more than 100
students.
The 2024 Compassionate Leadership of The Year
Award
Established in 2023, this grant is awarded to
organizations that not only help to solve challenges in business,
education, politics, and within families, but also have
demonstrated leadership with compassion and kindness. This year,
the Foundation's Grant Committee reviewed nearly 30 applications
from around the world, selecting five recipients:
- Camp Sunshine (Casco, Maine) has been awarded a Grant to
launch a camp session for families who have a child who has
experienced hearing loss due to a life-threatening illness. In
2024, Camp Sunshine is celebrating 40 years of providing hope, joy
and community through unique experiences for children with
life-threatening illnesses and their families. This year-round
program is always 100% free for families and a transportation
stipend is provided. Since 1984, more than 60,000 ill children,
siblings, parents, and caregivers from all 50 states and 27
countries have come to Camp Sunshine. For more information about
Camp Sunshine: https://www.campsunshine.org/
- The Children's Center for Communication/Beverly School for the Deaf (Beverly, Mass.) has been awarded a Grant to
launch a mentoring program for deaf and hard of hearing adults who
will become mentors to young children who are deaf or hard of
hearing. CCCBSD is fully accredited and licensed by the
State of Massachusetts Board of
Elementary and Secondary Education. It provides highly specialized
academic programs to support the individual learning and
communication and language needs of students from birth through age
22. CCCBSD seeks to enhance the lives of deaf and hearing children
and their families living with communication and developmental
challenges by providing comprehensive educational and
communication-rich programs. For more information about CCCBSD:
https://cccbsd.org/
- Collegio Ghislieri (Pavia, Italy) has been awarded a Grant for the
establishment of the TramutoPorter Compassionate Leadership
Scholarship. The Collegio will award a 5-year full scholarship
to an individual who has demonstrated financial need and
demonstrates a commitment to the values of compassionate
leadership. The Collegio will also develop a curriculum on leading
with compassion. Collegio Ghislieri is a 450-year-old Italian
institution committed to promote university studies on the basis of
merit, hosting around 200 pupils who attend all faculties in the
University of Pavia. Founded by Pope Pius V (Antonio Ghislieri) in 1567, and secularly
managed since the 18th century, the college is now under the High
Patronage of the Presidency of the Italian Republic. Student
expenses are subsidized by the college as the required fees are
proportional to parental income; many places are granted for free.
For more information about Collegio Ghislieri:
http://www.ghislieri.it/
- Un Gancio al Parkinson
(Florence, Italy) has been awarded
a grant specific to its work with Parkinson patients. Dr.
Maurizio Bertoni, founder of the
organization, has developed a program where Parkinson's patients
are involved in boxing as a means to help them with the challenges
they have with the condition, as well as applying research studies
- based on the results achieved - to be shared with the
international scientific community. The program has demonstrated
positive outcomes. For more information about Un Gancio al
Parkinson:https://www.ungancioalparkinson.org/en/
- Robert F Kennedy Human Rights Italy (Italy) has been awarded a grant specific
to implementing its Speak Truth to Power educational
programs, enlarge the team of lead educators around Italy and to organize after school programs
for kids in need. Working to defend human rights across
Italy from preschools to
universities and beyond, the themes addressed by RFK Italia through
Speak Truth To Power are inclusion, racism, social emotional
learning, peace, and coexistence among peoples. RFK Italia supports
the referenced communities by organizing socio-employment inclusion
courses for people in vulnerable situations and summer and
after-school educational centers. RFK Italia organizes and hosts
courses for teachers and training meetings for schools and civil
society at its International House of Human Rights in Florence, all of which focus on human rights
and peaceful coexistence. For more information about Robert F
Kennedy Human Rights Italy: https://www.rfkitalia.org/
Applications for the 2025 TramutoPorter Foundation
Compassionate Leadership of The Year Award will be open from
October 1, 2024 through March 1, 2025 and can be found at
TramutoFoundation.com.
"These awards highlight the incredible potential for compassion
to drive positive change," said Jeffrey
Porter, co-founder of the TramutoPorter Foundation. "We are
investing in a future where compassion and kindness are the
foundations of strong communities and impactful solutions."
National Compassionate Leadership Week (September 8-14, 2024)
National
Compassionate Leadership Week celebrates compassionate leaders by
bringing attention to the proven benefits of using empathy in
action to garner the greatest impact. These leaders show, by their
own examples, that it is possible to be compassionate and deliver
strong results at the same time. In fact, leading with compassion
produces stronger results whether it be in business,
education, politics or in our own families and communities.
National Compassionate Leadership Week was awarded to the
Foundation in 2022 by National Day Calendar® and is celebrated
annually during the second week of September.
About TramutoPorter Foundation
Since 2001, the Tramuto Foundation and its subsidiary program,
Health eVillages, has helped scores of people across the globe
realize the mission of creating a brighter future through student
scholarships, health access, as well as financial grants to
organizations worldwide whose vision is to help right the wrong and
make this world a better place for all. The Foundation has served
as a voice in creating partnerships that have a sustainable and
measurable impact in making the world more compassionate and
kinder. For more information on the TramutoPorter Foundation,
please visit: www.tramutofoundation.com.
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