The Chester County Fund for Women and Girls (CCFWG) will honor Cheryl Miles - a connector, convener and advocate for underserved communities in Chester County - with the Kitchen Table Award at the 14th annual Making a Difference Luncheon on Friday, May 3, at the Desmond Hotel and Conference Center in Malvern.
CCFWG established the Kitchen Table Award in 2011 to honor a Chester County woman who has made substantive contributions through service and/or philanthropy to improve the lives of women and girls through the use of her own time, talent or resources.
Miles, of Glen Mills, has spent 24 years caring for vulnerable and underserved women and girls in Chester County. She currently works as director of permanent housing services at Good Samaritan Services, overseeing a team devoted to reducing the number of local women and children who experience homelessness. In 2008, Miles founded Housing to Self Sufficiency to help connect homeless single women in Chester County to affordable, shared housing and avenues of support. The organization also became a bridge between landlords and businesses to help other nonprofits access affordable housing and resources.
In 2016, Miles founded Black Women of Chester County in Action (BWCCA) as a direct response to CCFWG's Blueprint Report; she gathered together friends and colleagues across the county to discuss the report's findings about African-American women in Chester County and brainstorm ways to engage a wider audience of African-American leaders in the nonprofit, education, business, faith, law, government and health sectors.
Miles also serves as co-chair of the annual Chester County Single Mothers' Conference, focused on engaging, educating and encouraging single mothers to reach their full potential. Additionally, she chaired the Chester County Housing and Food for All 365 Campaign to bring awareness to the greater community about issues of hunger and homelessness. Some of her other contributions include serving on the Executive Leadership Committee for Decade to Doorways, a program that convenes leaders from various sectors around ways to relieve families facing poverty in Chester County; serving on the Steering Committee of the Chester County ACEs Coalition that raises awareness and knowledge of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) to help build resiliency and foster hope; and convening the Chester County Faith Leaders Addressing Poverty group.
CCFWG received multiple nomination forms and more than 10 separate letters of support all outlining ways that Miles has united the community around important issues affecting women and girls to bring about change. She is a constant presence at meetings, events and fundraisers throughout the county, in many cases having either formed the group herself or stepped into a leadership role as needed.
The luncheon will also feature keynote speaker Morgan Berman, founder and CEO of MilkCrate, a mission-driven tech company helping other mission-driven organizations achieve their impact goals. Her platform powers apps for nonprofits and municipal programs around the world. An internationally award-winning entrepreneur, Berman has presented at Forbes 30 Under 30 and was listed by the UN Foundation as one of the Top 10 Female Entrepreneurs to Watch.
For information on sponsorship opportunities, readers may contact the development office at development@ccfwg.org or visit http://www.ccwomenandgirls.org/luncheon.
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