Lori Butterworth: Sustaining Compassion: A Non Profit Story
Lori has founded two award-winning, nationally recognised non-profit organisations, that have dramatically improved care for thousands of children with life-threatening conditions. As the founder and former Executive Director of Jacob’s Heart. Lori designed, implemented, and secured sustainable funding for innovative programmes that provide emotional, financial and practical support to families of children with cancer.
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ABOUT Lori Butterworth
“In 1998 that Lori found out her friend’s 5-year-old son Jacob had a deadly form of leukemia. She founded the Non Profit Jacob’s Heart Children’s Cancer Services, which has grown to support 100 families.
Lori also co-founded the Children’s Hospice and Palliative Care Coalition (CHPCC), spearheading healthcare policy initiatives including the enactment of the Nick Snow Children’s Hospice and Palliative Care Act of 2006.
Now she is mentoring the next generation of non profit leaders through the Boomerang Foundation and is passing on her own positive, life-affirming experiences while providing support and guidance to young people about “living life on purpose.”
Among Lori’s awards for her contribution to the Non Profit sector are Oprah Winfrey’s ‘Use Your Life Award’ and the California Association of Non Profits Award for Achievement in Innovation.”
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