March 2022 How Wildflower, a Parmenter grantee organization, helped a mother and daughter cope and heal after two losses in their family. Click here for the full article!
Wildflower receives $22.5K grant from Parmenter Foundation
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The Parmenter Foundation Awards Care Dimensions $25K
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2022 Grace Johnson Volunteer Award Recipient Samaritans
Jane Quercia, Volunteer Grief Support Services Facilitator, Samaritans Jane Quercia, currently Samaritans’ Grief Support Services Facilitator, has been a Samaritans volunteer since 1988, the year after she lost a brother and close friend to suicide. While driving to the Cape, she saw a billboard about Samaritans and decided to try volunteering. For the past 34 years, Jane has continued her …
2022 Grace Johnson Volunteer Award Recipient Wildflower
Debbie Whitehill, Volunteer, Wildflower Debbie Whitehill has been with Wildflower since the beginning and has played a pivotal role in the creation of Wildflower’s program model. She has continued as an active Board member for the last 18 years. As a professional social worker, she provided clinical support and referrals to families, and was one of the first to look …
2022 Grace Johnson Volunteer Award Recipient Runway for Recovery
Emily Cohen, Volunteer for Runway for Recovery, MA Driven by the personal desire to give back to a cause that dramatically changed her own life, Emily Cohen has taken it upon herself to mentor and coach a 14-year-old Runway for Recovery grantee, Athena, whose mother died from breast cancer. Emily has gone above and beyond for this young woman, as …
2022 Grace Johnson Volunteer Award Recipient JP
Dan and Joan Scott, Volunteers for Jeff’s Place, Framingham Dan and Joan Scott turned to Jeff’s Place to begin their healing journey when their son Danny died in 2014, at the age of 20. After they graduated from the bereavement program, they immediately turned their grief to action and kicked off years of volunteer support for Jeff’s Place. Dan first …
MetroWest Chamber: A Business Case for Understanding the Impacts of Grief and Loss
“Without question – every human resource within any business will be touched by grief and loss at some point.” If you missed our event on this important topic, a replay will be available soon. Click here to read the news article!
Finding the Helpers of MetroWest
We produced this video series to recognize and show our gratitude to the dedicated frontline workers and organizations that have gone above and beyond to take care of our community during the COVID-19 crisis. Watch the videos here!
Parmenter of Wayland Grants $236,000 to Support MetroWest Nonprofits
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