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2010 Hope Awards Celebration & Fundraiser |
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2010 Hope Award Honorees
Patricia & Robert Ayres 2010 Pat Flood Humanitarian Award
Patricia and Robert Ayres are 4th generation San Antonio residents who moved to Austin twenty years ago. Pat and Bob have dedicated their lives to
improving the well-being of children in Texas
and across the country.
In 1986, Pat was recruited by Founder Phil Strickland to be
part of the founding board of Texans Care For Children and has served Texans
Care in one capacity or another since.
Pat has also worked to advocated for children at the state and nation al
levels. In 1973, Pat was appointed by Governor
Briscoe to the Texas Youth Council (now the Texas Youth Commission) and served
as the first woman to chair the committee from 1975-1979. In 1980, Pat was
delegate-at-large from Tennessee
for the White House Conference on Children and Youth convened by the Carter
administration. Pat has worked with many
child serving organizations and is currently a member of Baptist Child and
Family Services of San Antonio, Center for Child Protection, Raising Austin,
and Bread for the world. Pat is also a
member of the Advisory Council of the School for Social Work at Baylor
University and for many years a member of the Advisory Council of the School of
Social Work at the University of Texas at Austin.
Robert has served leadership roles on corporate, philanthropic
and educational boards including the H. E. Butt Foundation, Bread for the
World, and as President Emeritus of the
University of the South in Sewanee,
Tennessee. Bob has also spent time working directly with
those in need directing relief efforts for the Episcopal Church in Guatemala and Honduras. Bob and Pat serve as trustees of the
Shield-Ayres Foundation and have provided assistance to hundreds of
organizations in Texas
and around the world. Along with their
children, Bob III and his wife Margy and Vera Bowen, they manage the family
ranching interests including conservations programs and a summer nature
immersion camp for inner-city children called �El Ranchito�.
For their lifelong devotion to putting Hope in Action, we honor Pat and Robert Ayres with this year�s Pat Flood Humanitarian Award.
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Donna & Philip Berber
2010 Hope Award Honorees
Donna and Philip Berber are leading social entrepreneurs
and innovators from the world of International Aid. The couple launched A
Glimmer of Hope in 2000 and was recently recognized as being among The 25 Best
Givers in the World by Barron�s Magazine, placing sixth on the list based on
their effectiveness. A Glimmer of Hope is engaged in humanitarian aid and
development in Ethiopia
and has developed a groundbreaking model for helping the rural poor to lift themselves
out of poverty. Originally from London and Dublin, the Berbers were newlyweds when Ethiopia�s
Great Famine of 1984-85 was witnessed by a worldwide television audience. This
catastrophe planted the seed to �do more� and when Philip sold CyBerCorp, an
online trading firm, to Charles Schwab in 2000, the couple decided their time
to act had come. Since then, A Glimmer of Hope has improved the lives of more
than 2.5 million people in Ethiopia
with 100% of all donations being used to provide access to clean water, health
care, education and microcredit.
A Glimmer of Hope is an entrepreneurial social-profit
organization that helps lift women and children in Sub-Saharan Africa out of
extreme poverty by providing them with water wells, health clinics, schools and
micro-finance loans. A Glimmer of Hope has developed an innovative and efficient
model that has been recognized for improving millions of lives over the last
decade. The organization�s unique 100% Promise means all donations go directly
to funding the projects as its endowment covers all operating expenses. A
Glimmer of Hope has completed more than 4,000 projects throughout Ethiopia. With
photographs, video and GPS coordinates, donors personally experience how their
contributions, large and small, are changing lives. Before starting any
project, A Glimmer of Hope listens to the needs of the benefiting community
and involves them fully in the process from project site selection to
construction to ongoing maintenance. By partnering with local NGOs and
each community, A Glimmer of Hope ensures long-term sustainability. A
Glimmer of Hope was recently ranked #6 globally on Barron�s list of The Best 25
Givers, based on effectiveness and impact. Donna and Philip Berber�s
understanding that poverty comes in many forms resulted in their decision to
launch A Glimmer of Hope Austin in 2003. Glimmer Austin is committed to improving the lives of
young people and senior adults who suffer from exclusion, social injustices,
neglect, abandonment and educational disadvantages. The organization has now
funded over 100 projects that have made a difference in the lives of thousands
of people across Central Texas.
Donna and Philip's dedication to putting Hope in Action continues to assist vulnerable and voiceless populations near and far. |
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Jennifer & Ashton Cumberbatch
2010 Hope Award Honorees
Ashton Cumberbatch is a lawyer and a pastor, a community leader and former Austin Police Monitor, and currently serves as Vice President of Advocacy and Community Relations for the Seton Family of Hospitals. Jennifer Cumberbatch is a pastor and community leader in her own right. Together they are involved in an incredible spectrum of community organizations and are deeply committed to issues of racial, ethnic and religious reconciliation.
Ashton is an Associate Pastor at Agape Christian Ministries and also ministers at Austin Bridge Builders Alliance (ABBA), a faith-based intermediary that influences Christian and community leaders to build partnerships that break down barriers. As part of his ministry, he has been doing cultural competency training since 2001 and is one of the co-authors of the Austin Pastoral Covenant for Racial Reconciliation and the (Austin) Commitment to Racial Reconciliation. He has served on the Board of Directors and/or on committees with innumerable community agencies and organizations, including: Austin Independent School District, Greater Austin Crime Commission, Austin Area Research Organization, Harvest Foundation (African American Men and Boys / Women and Girls Conferences), Capital City African American Chamber of Commerce, Envision Central Texas, Connexion House, KLRU, Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce, Austin Metropolitan YMCA, Citizen Review Panel, and the University of Texas at Austin.
For over twenty years Jennifer has ministered in the Central Texas region and beyond. She is currently an Associate Pastor at Agape Christian Ministries and owner
of Cumberbatch�s Sweet Tater Torts and JR Cumberbatch Productions. Her volunteer work has included tenures
as President and member of parent-teacher associations at three
Austin schools; the Board of Directors for Foundation for the
Homeless and River City Youth Foundation; African American Arts Company,
Pro Arts Collective; and the Harvest Foundation African American Girls and Women
Conferences. She currently serves on the board of directors
for Caritas. An anointed teacher, preacher, counselor, vocalist, lyricist, author, playwright and actor, she uses her multiple gifts and assorted modalities to express the depth and breadth of God�s unconditional love in various venues. Inspired by her family, Cumberbatch exudes a passion to serve the hurting, brokenhearted, voiceless and underrepresented peoples of the world, and is motivated by her faith to creatively transform culture. Whether she is preaching to hundreds in Uganda or counseling a troubled mother in Austin, Cumberbatch�s ministry demonstrates God�s love, intellect, thoroughness, perspective and creativity.
Jennifer and Ashton's commitment to putting Hope in Action and making Austin a safer, stronger, healthier and more unified community is truly an inspiration to us all.
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