About SOWN
Our achievements include:
- 2008 Recipient of a GlaxoSmithKline 11th Annual Impact Award - view video
- 2006 Recipient of a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Local Initiative Grant to provide a network of support services for grandparent headed households
- Kinship Institute Group History
- Sixth Annual Maggie Kuhn Award to Merle Drake, Executive Director, for her dedication to the Empowerment of Older Women, November 1999;
- 1999 Recipient of the Share Leadership Award administered through the University of Pennsylvania Institute on Aging for improving the well-being of diverse groups of older women, sponsored by SmithKline Beecham;
- 1998-99 Recipient of the SmithKline Beecham Community Impact Award for "innovation, excellence and effectiveness in their communities;"
- National media coverage which includes "Peter Jennings World News Tonight," The Philadelphia Inquirer, and both Reuter's and Scripps Howard news services;
- Numerous gerontological conferences;
- Participation in a nationally published research study demonstrating the importance and value of developing and sustaining support networks.
Learn about recent achievements in What's New at SOWN.
