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Minnesota Grantmakers Present Awards
Dec. 10, 2007
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The Sheltering Arms Foundation launched its 25th anniversary celebration by honoring its founding trustees with its special Children's Leadership Award:
- Marilyn Garwood of St. Paul
- Margaret Lind of Minneapolis
- Sherry Lund of Wayzata
- Darlene Haskin of Santa Fe, New Mexico
25 years ago, the Sheltering Arms staff and board of directors were celebrating the organization's 100th anniversary and exploring options for its future. Established in the 1880s by the first Episcopalian sister in Minnesota as the state's first orphanage, Sheltering Arms evolved over the decades in response to the changing needs of Minnesota's children, becoming a polio hospital in 1943 and a day school for children with special needs in 1955. In the early 1980s, the women governing Sheltering Arms realized that changes in the public school system meant the school would no longer be needed. They had the foresight to envision a new role for Sheltering Arms, and in 1983 it was reincorporated as a foundation, led by a board of trustees made up of women members of the Episcopal Church of Minnesota. The foundation has awarded more than 670 grants totaling more than $10 million.
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Connie Connell was honored by the Southwest Initiative Foundation (SWIF)
for her 20 years of involvement in the 18-county region. She has
served on the foundation's advisory board and board of directors.
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Larry and Andrea McGough received the Archbishop Harry J. Flynn Legacy of Faith Award from the Catholic Community Foundation (CCF). The award recognizes individuals for their leadership and philanthropic work in support of the spiritual, educational and social needs of the Catholic community. The McGoughs have been generous supporters of their alma maters, their parish (St. Rose of Lima in Roseville) and numerous religious and civic organizations.
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Initiative Foundation announced the winners of its 2007 Initiative Awards:
- Outstanding community: Cold Spring
- Outstanding green venture: ETOC development / Grand View Lodge, Nisswa
- Outstanding nonprofit organization: Pine River-Backus Family Center
- Outstanding enterprise: Minpack, Pine City
- Outstanding volunteer: Mark Wood (posthumous), Little Falls
- Outstanding youth: Rochelle Olson and Christy Trettel, Little Falls
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The $1 million Opus Prize for faith-based, social entrepreneurship was awarded to AHADI International Institute in Tanzania in honor of Brother Constant Goetschalckx, F.C., founder and director. Brother Stan, as he is known, is a Belgian-born member of the Brothers of Charity who heads an organization that educates refugees from the war-torn countries of Congo, Rwanda and Burundi. He was one of three finalists selected for the fourth annual Opus Prize for their dedication to transforming the lives of others while working on the front lines of today's most persistent social problems.
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Josephine (Nicky) Benz Carpenter was named Outstanding Individual Philanthropist by the Minnesota Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals. Carpenter has completed her tenure as a regent of Saint John's University, and is currently serving on the university's capital campaign committee. In June 1994, she began her service on the board of the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML) of Saint John's University and served as its chair from 1994-2005. Based on her exemplary leadership and commitment, she was awarded Lifetime membership on the HMML board in 2005. Letters in support of her nomination came from Minnesota Public Radio, Minnesota Orchestra, Minnesota Opera, and MacPhail Center for the Arts, all organizations that have benefited from Carpenter's leadership and philanthropy.
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