The LAMP award is named in recognition of the efforts of Lynn Anne Manfredi-Petitt, career family child care educator and advocate, PFCCAG’s charter member, and PFCCAG first president. 

The award goes to a PFCCAG member who contributes to the vision of family child care. The LAMP recipient serves as a catalyst for change as a driver of grassroots leadership in their work, volunteer organizations, and community. Nominees are currently active family child care educators.
 

LAMP award criteria: Recipient of the LAMP award demonstrate:

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• ADAPTABILITY by encouraging their professional peers to take risks, think outside the box, learn, adapt, and pivot.

• EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE to connect their team to the community.

• INNOVATION as a changemaker and naturally questions the system which allows their team to think critically and act.

• INSPIRATION to encourage and motivate others to explore their own ideas and create possibilities that foster connection.

• PURPOSE to imagine the bigger purpose of actions, to get perspective, and become more intentional with time and energy.

• RESOURCEFULNESS as naturally open-minded, inclusive and thrives on creating opportunities for collaboration.