2024 National Compassionate Leadership Week is
September 8-14
OGUNQUIT, Maine, Aug. 26,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The TramutoPorter
Foundation, a Maine-based
non-profit organization co-founded in 2001 by author and
philanthropist Donato Tramuto and
Jeffrey Porter, announces its agenda
for the 2024 National Compassionate Leadership Week, set for
September 8-14, 2024. A major
highlight is a live, virtual global discussion on September 11th from 8:30
a.m. to 10:30 a.m. ET featuring Nobel Peace Laureate
Kailash Satyarthi and
Foundation co-founder Donato
Tramuto. This conversation, held on the anniversary of
September 11, will examine the
crucial role of compassion in leadership as well as its healing
power. Hosted live from the United Midcoast Charities Annual
Grantee Breakfast in Rockport,
Maine, where Tramuto will be speaking, and from India, where Satyarthi is located. Register
for the free Virtual Event here:
https://tramutofoundation.com/compassion/2024-summit/
Nobel Peace Prize Winner Kailash Satyarthi
& TramutoPorter Foundation's Donato Tramuto Host Global
Conversation 9/11
National Compassionate Leadership Week
Designated by
the National Day Calendar® in 2022, National Compassionate
Leadership Week, held the second full week of September each year,
celebrates compassionate leaders by bringing attention to the
proven benefits of compassionate leadership through use of empathy
in action to garner the greatest impact leaders who demonstrate
that compassion drives success in all areas of life, including
business, education, and community. This week features events
promoting hope, kindness, and compassion, especially in the
workplace.
"Our goal is to create a movement that brings more compassion
into every part of life," said Tramuto. "By establishing an
official week and honoring those who lead with compassion, we aim
to build momentum and make a lasting impact."
The 2024 Compassionate Leadership of The Year Awards
Announced in July, the 2024 Compassionate Leadership of The Year
Awards recognized five organizations that help to solve challenges
in business, education, politics, and within families, and also
have demonstrated leadership with compassion and kindness. Two
organizations will be presented their award during the week-long
activities. Friday, September 6, Camp
Sunshine in Sebago Lake, Maine,
will be presented the award in celebration of the first ever camp
for families who have a child who has experienced hearing loss due
to a life-threatening illness. On Thursday,
September 12, The Children's Center for
Communication/Beverly School for the
Deaf in Beverly, Mass. will be
presented 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 and their families.
The remaining 2024 Compassionate Leadership Awards recipient
organizations include Collegio Ghislieri (Pavia, Italy); Un Gancio al
Parkinson (Florence,
Italy); and Robert F Kennedy Human Rights Italy
(Italy). The Foundation's
Compassionate Leadership Scholarship and Mentoring Awards, also
announced in July, include four-year scholarships for one student
at Bangor High School (graduate Heidi Jane
Linder) and Wells High School (graduate Nathan Bolduc), as well as annual scholarship
programs announced at St. Joseph's
College, Regis College,
Jefferson School of Population
Health, and Boston University School of Public
Health.
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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