Chester County resident and community activist Carol Metzker has been named the 2017 recipient of the Chester County Fund for Women and Girls’ Kitchen Table Award.

The award was established to honor an outstanding Chester County woman who has demonstrated leadership and made substantive contributions through service and/or philanthropy to improve the community.

Metzker will be honored at the CCFWG Making a Difference Luncheon at the Desmond Hotel and Conference Center in Malvern on Friday, May 5.

Metzker is a writer, frequent speaker, consultant, and author of Facing the Monster: How One Person Can Fight Child Slavery. She is working to help end human trafficking by delivering hundreds of educational programs at schools and universities and faith-based and community groups, advocating for new anti-human trafficking laws in Pennsylvania. She has leadership roles in the Rotarian Action Group Against Slavery and the Chester County Anti-Human Trafficking Coalition, and is a consultant to The Salvation Army’s New Day to Stop Trafficking program.

Metzker’s passion and dedication connects community members with resources, education, and tools to uplift and support victims and survivors. She has led numerous volunteer efforts, and implemented programs that include:

• volunteering or shopping at Dress for a Good Cause, which she co-founded
• gathering furniture or baby supplies for survivors with families
• supporting The Salvation Army New Day’s New Home for local survivors of teen-sex-trafficking who have aged out of child protective services

Metzker earned a bachelor’s degree from Penn State and a master’s degree from George Mason.

The 2017 Luncheon will also feature keynote speaker Katherina Rosqueta, founding Executive Director of the Center for High Impact Philanthropy, a multi-disciplinary center that provides public information, education, and advisory services so that philanthropy achieves greater social impact.

A frequent speaker on philanthropy and social impact, Rosqueta’s work and comments have been cited in numerous media outlets, including the New York Times, National Public Radio, Wall Street Journal, and Money magazine. She received her bachelor’s degree from Yale and an MBA from The Wharton School at Penn.

If you would like to sponsor this event, please contact Brie Knight or Brandon Szerenyi at (484) 356-0940 or visit www.ccfwg.org/luncheon-sponsors.