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Events:
First Friday in December – Angel Tree Project - We will be donating
gifts and wrapping presents for children of parents who are incarcerated
in prison.
Bertha
Holt Award
Bertha Holt was a pioneer in International Adoption. As the
mother of 6 in 1955, she adopted eight Korean children after
watching a documentary detailing the wretched conditions of
orphaned children in that country. From this beginning and
because of her compassion, the Holt International Children’s
Services was established and has become the largest adoption
agency in the world. Bertha Holt and her husband together
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As she traveled
around the globe more than 3 times, she was greeted by her more
than 100,000 grandchildren all over the world.
Bertha was
named Oregon Mother of the Year in 1966 and in addition was named
the National Mother of the Year by the Association of American
Mother’s that same year. She was loved, honored, and recognized
as a kind and generous person.
Each year
the Bertha Holt Award is presented to a woman who has been selected
by the Oregon Association of American Mothers who has distinguished
herself in the field of family raising and nurturing.
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Leah
Sauer Award
Leah
Sauer is loved by the down trodden as well as those in high
places. Through her 7 Step Prison Program she has brought
friendship and hope to convicts serving time. For this outreach
she was nick named the “concrete Mama” as she
so often entered those concrete prison walls with her love
and compassion. Leah has been an invaluable asset to her church,
community and humankind. |
She was named
Oregon Mother of the Year in 1970 and worked tirelessly and continually
to bring meaning, purpose and growth to this organization. It
is common for Leah to write and send notes of love inspiration
and uplift to those she sees who exemplify good works. She has
truly served American Mothers with grace, dignity, humility and
love. Each year the Leah Sauer Award is given to a worthy woman
who carries on Leah’s legacy of service and compassion.
Click
here for this year's
Bertha Holt
and Leah Sauer Awards.
See
the national
website for other
service award opportunities.
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