CAMH Foundation Celebrates Two Community Champions and AFP Award Winners | Benzinga.com

CAMH Foundation Celebrates Two Community Champions and AFP Award Winners | Benzinga.com: "The Greater Toronto Chapter of AFP recently announced that G. Raymond Chang is the 2010 recipient of the prestigious 'Outstanding Philanthropist Award'. G. Raymond Chang has been a truly visionary philanthropist to many worthy causes - at a local, national and international level - over the years, but it is his efforts to support CAMH and champion innovative and groundbreaking research into mental illness and addiction that continues to inspire others to make giving to mental health initiatives a priority."

AFP honors locals at annual lunch event - BizTimes

AFP honors locals at annual lunch event - BizTimes: "The Association of Fundraising Professionals Greater Milwaukee Chapter will host its 32nd annual Partners in Philanthropy Awards Luncheon on Tuesday, Nov. 9 at the Frontier Airlines Center in Milwaukee. The event will honor local individuals and celebrate the impact of philanthropy throughout Greater Milwaukee area."

Lynbrook resident honored with Outstanding Fundraising award - LIHerald.com - Nassau County's source for local news, breaking news, sports, entertainment & shopping

Lynbrook resident honored with Outstanding Fundraising award - LIHerald.com - Nassau County's source for local news, breaking news, sports, entertainment & shopping: "The Association of Fundraising Professionals Long Island Chapter will be honoring Alan J. Kelly, a resident of Lynbrook, as a recipient of the Outstanding Fundraising Executive Award. This award recognizes a fundraising executive who exemplifies the philosophy of the AFP through ethical, innovative and dynamic professionalism. Alan J. Kelly’s accomplishments will be celebrated at the Awards Luncheon of Philanthropy Day 2010 on Nov. 19 the Huntington Hilton in Melville."

National Philanthropy Day� Official Website - AFP

National Philanthropy Day� Official Website - AFP: "National Philanthropy Day�, November 15,is the special day set aside to recognize and pay tribute to the great contributions that philanthropy—and those people active in the philanthropic community—have made to our lives, our communities and our world."

Local Philanthropists to be Honored

Local Philanthropists to be Honored: "Tallahassee….Chuck and Patty Mitchell will be honored as the 2010 Philanthropists of the Year by the Big Bend Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) for their generous and personal philanthropic gifts to local charities and organizations.

Mr. Mitchell, co-founder of Miccosukee Land Cooperative, Mad Dog Construction, and GTO, Inc., has served on dozens of state and community boards and civic projects, including Tallahassee Memorial Hospital and United Way of the Big Bend. While serving as Chairman of the Board at TMH, he helped create and implement a program and funding mechanism for indigent primary care and expansion of the ER and Women’s Pavilion. His passion has long been community work – working with the Big Bend Homeless Coalition to help develop HOPE Community as well as a lifetime working on canopy roads, greenways and the environment. His other passion is animals and he serves as a board member, team handler and nationally certified evaluator for the Delta Society and its local affiliate, Companions for Therapy. ComForT is a volunteer organization using therapy animals in schools, retirement homes, hospitals, rehabilitation facilities and the courts to help people in a variety of ways. Chuck serves on its board and is in charge of program development."