Bickerdike’s CEO, Joy Aruguete, was honored as one of the Association of Fundraising Professionals’ Faces of Philanthropy. She was awarded the Outstanding Community Leader Award  during their 42nd Faces of Philanthropy Awards Luncheon.

There are 3,000 people that live in our housing that depend on our existence. Philanthropy makes it possible for us to be a healthy, stable organization that people can rely on.
~Joy Aruguete, CEO