Virginia L. Gilmore Caring Community Award
The Virginia L. Gilmore Caring Community Award (previous Caring Community Award) is awarded to individuals, groups or organizations that are making significant contributions to creating a more caring community through servant leadership.
Virginia (known as Ginny to many) has impacted & inspired countless individuals, groups, and organizations throughout the U.S. over the last three decades in her efforts to radically change the way we teach and learn about leadership.
Servant-Leader & mentor to many
Award Recipients
In 2012, the Sophia board began recognizing and sharing stories of individuals, organizations or groups making significant contributions to creating a more caring community through servant leadership.
2022 caring community Award Winner
Virginia Gilmore, Sophia Foundress
In 2002, Ginny envisioned the possibilities of a more safe, kind and compassionate world if people could relate to one another with more understanding, compassion, and appreciation.
With the support of the Fond du Lac Area Foundation, she established the Sophia Foundation (now Sophia Transformative Leadership Partners).
Her initiative to serve comes from a family legacy of caring and a dedication to the greater Fond du Lac communities. In 2016, Ginny retired from the Sophia board and today, continues to learn about eldering.
More Servant Leadership Awards & Impact
Sophia Partners is a community-benefit, nonprofit organization dedicated to building a network of transformative servant-leaders who unleash the potential of people and create collaborative and thriving spaces and places.
