| Brainerd, Minn. – The Brainerd Lakes Area Women’s Fund (BLAWF) has selected Becky Twamley as this year’s recipient of the Women Making Waves award. The award recognizes a woman who has significantly impacted the lives of women and children locally through their work, philanthropy or volunteerism. BLAWF has given this award since 2012 as a way to honor those working to build a better community and inspire the next generation of engaged community members. For over thirty years Becky has worked locally to increase awareness around reproductive health access and education in the Brainerd Lakes Area. Becky has served on the Health Curriculum Review Board for Independent School District 181 and is a member or has served the following organizations: Central Lakes College Nursing Program & Student Life, The SHOP – Brainerd Baxter Youth Center, Mid-Minnesota Women’s Center, Lutheran Social Services, Port Group Homes, Habitat for Humanity, Northland Arboretum, and with Planned Parenthood until its closing in 2010, also serving on their Education Materials Review Board. As the Executive Director of WeARE, which she helped found in 2017, Becky continues her work through her steadfast, dedicated, unwavering voice moving both education and services forward. WeARE is a clinic that provides reproduction education and healthcare services for youth and young adults in the Brainerd Lakes Area. Becky is a degreed pharmacist with over 30 years of professional experience and also holds a Master of Public Service degree. Becky has family in Brainerd, including her parents and husband Brian, plus one daughter in law school and another daughter currently living in Germany with Becky’s two grandchildren. Becky’s entire family are strong advocates for gender equity and reproductive health education. When not talking contraception and STI prevention, Becky likes to travel, read, cook and practice yoga. She is fearless, forthright, and one who deserves being honored for her dedication and passion for the work benefiting of all and in helping to create a healthy community. Join us on April 14th for our annual dinner at Grand View Lodge in Nisswa. This dinner is an excellent fundraiser and celebration as BLAWF will recognize the 2020 Women Making Waves Award recipient and will award funding to selected grants to area nonprofits. Dinner event tickets and table sponsorship opportunities are available online at: communitygiving/events.org or by contacting Karen Munsterteiger at (218) 822-5166 or Terri Foster at (218) 824-5633. The Brainerd Lakes Area Women’s Fund (BLAWF) was established in 2009 in part by the Brainerd Lakes Area Community Foundation (BLACF) to enhance the lives of women and girls in the Brainerd Lakes Area. The BLAWF supports innovative solutions to the challenges facing women and girls that improve our community and positively impact the future. The BLACF attracts and administers charitable funds for the benefit of the local Brainerd area. Since 1998, BLACF has grown to over $15 million in assets and awarded over $5.6 million in grants to nonprofits. The BLACF is governed by a local board of directors and is a partner of CommunityGiving, which is a collaborative of several community foundations united under a single framework to create efficiencies that maximize the impact of our donors. Collectively, CommunityGiving administers nearly 850 funds totaling more than $150 million. Learn more at CommunityGiving.org/Brainerd. |
Becky Twamley Named 2020 Women Making Waves Award Recipient
March 9, 2020
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