Universal Giving’s Founder and CEO, Pamela Hawley was recently awarded the Jefferson Award for her global philanthropic work.   The Jefferson Award, a Nobel Prize for Public and Community Service was founded by Jackie Onassis, Senator Robert Taft Jr. and Sam Beard and the American Institute for Public Service.

The Jefferson is awarded to ordinary people who do extraordinary things.  The goal of the award is to inspire others to become interested and involved in service.

Past award winners include the Gates, Lance Armstrong, and Oprah.

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