Needham Youth Services Presents...

Left to right: Liz Loveless, Clinician at Youth Services, March RAY of Hope Amanda Lombard, Needham Business Representative Anne-Marie Bajwa from the Charles River Center

March 2016 Recipient – Amanda Lombard

Amanda is a senior at Needham High School. She was nominated by Tracy Murphy, the Director of volunteer services at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital. “At BID- Needham our mission requires a positive patient experience to remain the primary objective. Amanda’s volunteer work at the hospital has proven to be a wonderful example of this mission,” recognizes Tracy.

Amanda started working at BID to fulfill her community service requirement for Needham High School but has worked there for a little over two years and loves it. Amanda is a senior student volunteer, which entails training new volunteers, sharing her expertise and knowledge on all aspects of volunteer duties and hospital policies and procedures. Amada spends afternoons each week discharging patients, transporting specimens to the laboratory from various medical departments, and completing non-clinical tasks throughout the hospital.

“Amanda is a bright young woman with a passion for helping others. She is full of ambition and she places hospital patients and families, her duties, and fellow volunteers ahead of herself,” acknowledges Tracy. We are grateful to have Amanda volunteer for BID-Needham and we feel she exemplifies an outstanding RAY of Hope candidate.

On top of the work at the hospital, she was, until this year, a competitive skater where she spent 6 days per week practicing with her coaches and on a team. “It taught me how to be an individual while being a part of a larger community at the same time,” says Amanda. I feel as though my work at the hospital has done the same.

Watch the ceremony honoring Amanda at: https://youtu.be/7aJjpC8_AHs

For more information please visit www.needhamma.gov/youth/ray