Community Involvement
Community Involvement
Amy´s volunteer work in her community is solely focused on organizations which encourage, support and develop women and young people as leaders...
The Women´s Fund of Western Massachusetts is a fundraising and grantmaking organization. Its mission is to support programs that serve to empower and enrich the lives of women and girls in Western Massachusetts. Amy was on their Board of Directors from 2000 to 2006, and in 2001, was awarded the Northwestern Mutual Community Service Award for her volunteer work. As a result, the Women´s Fund received a $10,000 grant. As Chair of the 10 Year Anniversary Celebration in November 2007, Amy and her committee helped raise over $125,000 for The Women´s Fund.
The Care Center is an alternative school for pregnant and parenting teen mothers in Holyoke, Massachusetts. In 2005, Amy was awarded the Northwestern Community Service Award for her fundraising work with them, and as a result The Care Center received a $10,000 grant (see related articles).
Amy Jamrog is on the Development Committee for The Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts and was recently acknowledged in their Annual Report. She and a local attorney teamed up to help a local couple make a complicated gift to the Foundation to establish a donor advised fund, all while keeping the donors' generosity annonymus. The Community Foundation of Western Massachsetts administers a charitable endowment consisting of approximately 470 separately identified funds ($85 million) serving the three counties in Western Massachusetts. Each fund was contributed by one or more generous donors who wished to make a difference, on a local scale, in those communities. They make it possible for good people to accomplish good works in the Pioneer Valley.
Honors and Awards
- 2001 & 2005 Winner: Northwestern Mutual´s Community Service Award
- 2004 Women´s Funding Network International Conference: Keynote Speaker on "Women & Philanthropy" in Toronto, Canada
- 2006 Keynote Speaker at Northwestern Mutual´s Annual Meeting in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- 2007 Bay Path College Entrepreneurship & Innovation Summit: Motivational Speaker
 
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