Rachel Blair Friedman
2009 Recipient of the
AFP-NNE-Demont Scholarship Award for Outstanding Youth in Philanthropy
Rachel Blair Friedman, the 2009 Outstanding Youth in Philanthropy winner.
 | Twelve-year-old
Rachel Blair Friedman from Portland,
Maine,
was honored as the recipient of the AFP
Northern New England Chapter's AFP-NNE
Demont Scholarship for Outstanding
Youth in
Philanthropy during the chapter's
National Philanthropy DayŽ celebration
held
in late 2009 in Burlington,Vt. Rachel
received the award for her work
raising funds
to benefit the American Cancer
Society, among
other cancer-related causes. Rachel,
who will
receive a $10,000 college scholarship,
was motivated
to raise funds for cancer care when
her mother
was diagnosed with lymphoma. She
started an
event called Perform
for A Cure, which has been held
annually
for more than three years and has
raised more
than $30,000 to date. The
AFP Northern New England Chapter
partnered with
Demont Associates and video producer
Dan Osgood
to create an eight-minute video about
Rachel
that was shown at the awards ceremony.
The video
came as a complete surprise to Rachel,
who called
it "the best gift I ever got!" To view the video, please click here. |
