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July 10th, 2024

Nominations are now CLOSED. Make Your Nominations Now for the 2024 Women’s Fund’s Laura Holmberg Award

Is there someone you know who has made a lasting difference in the lives of other women living in Tompkins County?

Is there a volunteer at your work, business, school or organization who you’d like to thank for sharing their time, talent, and treasures?

We want to help you recognize that person!

The Laura Holmberg Award will be presented at this year’s Women’s Fund Fall Luncheon on October 15
at the Ithaca Downtown Conference Center. Please save the date.

Nominations are now closed for the 2024 Laura Holmberg Award.

Established in 2006 by Anna Holmberg in remembrance of her mother, the Laura Holmberg Award recognizes the “unsung heroes” in our community,  whose contribution affects the Women’s Fund’s core mission, focusing on women and girls, and who have done so in an unpaid capacity. That is, the work has not been part of the person’s professional role. Consider the award a Lifetime Achievement in volunteering.

On behalf of the Women’s Fund and the Community Foundation of Tompkins County, thank you for your consideration and nominations. And, of course, thanks to you and your organization for all the great work you do for our community! To learn more about the Women’s Fund, or the Community Foundation, please visit our website.

Laura Holmberg Award Recipients

2023   Susie Ferris Hatch

2022   Lynnette Scofield

2021    Sandy True

2020    Ana Ortiz

2019    Heidi Goldstein

2018    Diane Shafer

2017    Joan Abrams

2016    Phoebe Brown

2015    Joan Barber

2014    Schelley Michell-Nunn

2013    Beverly Baker

2012    Carol Kammen

2011    Mimi Melegrito

2010    Jennie Graham

2009    Rebecca Elgie

2008    Betsy Darlington

2007    Sara Pines

2006    Joan Ormondroyd

2005    Rachel Siegel