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PHOTO GALLERY: Congrats to all MFi Volunteer Award winners - Celebrating Volunteerism!
On Sunday, March 19th, all those nominated for these awards and those who nominated them, gathered at The Center to celebrate these people.
Information provided by Osler L. Peterson.
MFi Volunteer Awards were held on Sunday, March 19, 2017.
On Sunday, March 19th, the Medfield Foundation honored the following extraordinary individuals for their remarkable volunteer services in the Town of Medfield.
There were six nominees for the volunteer of the year, but only four separate nominations as there were two pairs nominated. There were two youth nominees, one lifetime achievement nominee pair, and one
person was nominated twice.
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LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
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Jim Schwartz and Patti Schwartz received the 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award. Jim Schwartz and Patti Schwartz for their combined 77 years of service to the BSA, 46 years of it in Medfield, for Medfield Boy Scout Troop 89.
VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR
Jean Mineo is the 2017 Volunteer of the Year. Jean Mineo for founding the Cultural Alliance of Medfield, the Holiday Stroll, implementing the Straw Hat Park, and working on the Medfield State Hospital Master Planning Committee.
Tracy Fedak and Tracey Rogers for chairing, running, and inspiring the hugely involved and successful All Night Graduation Party (ANGP) for the past 3 years.
Linda Frawley for 13 years of lead-by-example service organizing and leading the 400 girls, aged 5-17, in the Medfield Girl Scouts.
Nancy Irwin and Mary Pat McSharry for creating and running the SWAP area at the Transfer Station for the past 8 and 4 years, respectively.
YOUTH VOLUNTEERS
Lily Doctoroff is the 2017 Youth Volunteer of the Year. Lily Doctoroff for organizing Bigger than Bullying, starting a Gender Equality Club, and working with the Medfield’s Vine Lake Preservation Trust, Medfield State Hospital Master Planning Committee, New Life Home Refurnishing, National Honor Society, and Medway Family Shelter.
Anne Phipps for helping build a school in Kenya, assisting at a camp for seriously ill children, volunteering for Project Teamwork, Student Council, Medfield Cares About Prevention, peer tutoring, Dean of Students Advisory Board, Putting for Patients, Medfield Food Cupboard, and Digital Learning Day.
