Grace Johnson Volunteer Award Recipient Samaritans

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 …

Wildflower Grace Johnson Volunteer Award Recipient

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 …

Grace Johnson Volunteer Aware Recipient Runway for Recovery

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 …

Jeff's Place Grace Johnson Award Winner

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 …

Finding the Helpers of MetroWest

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!