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With excitement, pride and gratitude, we announce that our dear friend and supporter Twink Frey recently made a bequest intention of $10,000,000 to the Center for the Education of Women. Her gift is designated to support the advocacy and research segments of the Center's mission. "Twink's is the largest single financial commitment in the Center's 43-year history, and it is truly life-changing for us," explains CEW Director Carol Hollenshead.
This bequest is the latest of several gifts that Twink Frey and her Grand Rapids-based Nokomis Foundation have made to CEW. Our long collaboration and friendship began over a decade ago with the Michigan Women's Leadership Project, a series of training programs for directors and board members of non-profit organizations devoted to women and girls. Since then, Twink has regularly supported the Center's annual fund, hosted CEW events, and served on our Leadership Council from 1992 to 1997. Most recently, in 2006 Twink and her husband Jim McKay established the Twink Frey Visiting Social Activists Award Fund, which brings recognized activists in the area of gender equity to the University and offers them the opportunity to pursue their work and exchange ideas with others on campus.
No one is more committed than Twink Frey to enhancing the lives and opportunities for girls and women in the state of Michigan. Through the Nokomis Founda-tion, she works to make a difference, primarily by advocating for gender equity and gender-neutral policies, and by "celebrating women's accomplishments, instilling economic self-sufficiency, promoting healthy choices, and playing a role in the worldwide effort to help women and girls find their voices and live their dreams."
For over forty years, CEW has had the same mission, supporting people through our counseling, education and advocacy programs, scholarships, and research. As Carol Hollenshead explains, "Twink's generous gift will have a profound impact on CEW, enabling us to expand our reach in many directions and to establish exciting new ways to serve."
Anyone who has had the pleasure of working with Twink knows that her purpose in life is to create a world where all voices are heard and respected. The Leadership Council and staff of the Center for the Education of Women – on behalf of the thousands of people who will be touched by her generous endowment – express heartfelt appreciation for Twink Frey's vision and for the trust she has placed in us to carry it on.
