John W. Dawe, CFRE will receive the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) Northeastern Pennsylvania Chapter award for Outstanding Service to AFP at a special reception from 4:45 to 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 13, 2011 at The Woodlands Inn, Wilkes-Barre. The reception will be held at the conclusion of the chapter’s professional advancement event, THE Conference.

Dawe has served on the Northeastern Pennsylvania Chapter Board for the Association of Fundraising Professionals since 2004 holding the positions of chair of the professional advancement committee, marketing chair, president elect, president, immediate past president, and secretary. Under his leadership the chapter’s visibility, programming, sustainability and service to the nonprofit community increased significantly. Dawe serves on the AFP International Committees on Directorship, Communication and Marketing, Professional Advancement, and External Relations. He is an AFP Master Teacher and frequent presenter and panelist, specializing in organizational planning, digital branding and communications.

The CFRE Mentor/Scholar Program and the Chapter Professional Advancement model Dawe implemented for the Northeastern Pennsylvania chapter are now used as best-practice models for AFP Chapters throughout the world, and have been recognized in Advancing Philanthropy magazine.

Dawe is President of Dawe Consulting, a full-service nonprofit and political consulting firm, and CEO of The Dawe Group, a creative services agency, both of Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

“John has been an outstanding leader and advocate for AFP Northeaster PA and has attracted nationally recognized experts and speakers for our educational programming and has served as a tireless advocate for advancing the AFP Code of Ethics,” said Carol Maculloch, Immediate Past President of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Chapter of AFP. “He has taken our local chapter to a new level through his national contacts and his technological background. Our Chapter is honored to recognize his dedicated service by presenting him with the AFP Outstanding Service Award.”

Learn more about AFP at www.afpnet.org, the AFP Northeastern PA Chapter at www.afpnepa.org and THE Conference Professional Advancement event at www.the-conference.biz.

Contact: Barbara Vitcosky – 570-602-3600 – bvitcosky@janepa.org