Irish-American Women Honored at Concern Luncheon

Annual Women of Concern Awards

Amanda Rose, who was honored with the Woman of the Year Humanitarian Award, is the founder of Twestival, an international, volunteer-driven effort that uses social media like Twitter to raise money for worthy causes. She is also the founder of Connect the Dots Foundation, an organization that works with nonprofits and other startups to integrate causes on and offline. Her innovative use of social media has led to Twestival raising over $1.2 million in just over a year for 137 causes. The funds raised by Twestival Global in 2010 will go towards bringing education to thousands of children through Concern programs. Amanda has a background in event coordination and advertising, but has expanded her interest in non-profit causes by advising a number of organizations including charity: water, Comic Relief, MTV Staying Alive Foundation and Live Earth.

Both honorees were awarded with statues carved by Irish artists out of 4,500-year-old bog oak.

Executive director Siobhan Walsh closed the ceremony with thanks for ongoing support and a reminder that the work is far from over. “This event is about balancing the scales a little bit to the people who are the most vulnerable in the world, the women and children born into lives of poverty,” she said. Concern Worldwide has begun building transitional housing in Haiti to replace the tents, providing mothers the incredible relief of knowing their children have shelter.
 

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