Red Cross Regional Executive To Be Honored Nov. 16

The New Hampshire/Vermont Red Cross Regional CEO, Maria Devlin, will be recognized by the Turkish Culrtural Center of New Hampshire at their 4th Annual Friendship Dinner & Award Ceremony in Manchester on Monday, Nov. 16, according to a press statement.

From the Turkish Cultural Center’s Eventbrite page: The Annual Friendship Dinner & Award Ceremony is Turkish Cultural Center’s most important social outreach event of the year. The Center is dedicated to bringing together people from diverse backgrounds. At this event, people with vastly different upbringings, heritages, cultures and histories come together and share in the common hope and faith that people can understand, accept and learn from each other. This event is a prime example of how, despite differences, people will come together when there is a common goal at hand.

Turkish Cultural Center Awards publicly recognize the outstanding achievements of those who have distinguished themselves in their profession and service to humanity in US. The awards are based on a variety of criteria and given in different areas including community service, education, leadership, philanthropy, business and friendship etc.

In 2013, Devlin was invited to Istanbul, Turkey by the Turkish Cultural Center to present American Red Cross best practices on Social Media in Disaster Response at the International Disaster Management Exhibition.

“I’m very humbled by the recognition,” said Devlin. “The Turkish Cultural Center plays such an important role in our community. I’m delighted to play a small part in supporting them.”