Local Volunteer Honored By Cabot Creamery Cooperative With Caribbean Cruise

Patty Bailey of Sparta, NJ is being recognized by Cabot Creamery Cooperative, the New England and upstate New York farm-family owned dairy cooperative, for her selfless volunteerism with Pass It Along. Through the Pass It Along organization, Patty would bring her adopted Flat-coated Bear, a Retriever/Newfoundland mix, to visit with folks of all ages in need of a little extra joy in their lives. Her favorite part was seeing faces light up and helping seniors remember pet memories from their own pasts. Bear was so loved that he was voted “Volunteer of the Month”.

Patty grew up in northern New Jersey and eventually became a school teacher. She taught elementary school for 30 years before retiring in 2001. In retirement, she still had lots of energy and wanted to get involved and help her community. Along with her work for Pass It Along, she also volunteers at a local church soup kitchen and is a bell ringer for the Salvation Army.

Patty and her husband Ron will join 57 other altruistic individuals and their guests on an all-expense-paid Eastern Caribbean cruise celebrating them for their volunteer work. The farm families who own Cabot often volunteer in their communities. They want to show their gratitude to those organizations and individuals who do the same in the communities where their award-winning dairy products are sold. The cruise sets sail for the fifth time, and over the years has honored more than 160 deserving volunteers. Patty will join honorees from across the country on the fifth Cabot Community Celebrity Cruise, along with Cabot staff and special honorees selected from program partners AARP Create the Good, National Cooperative Bank and Points of Light’s HandsOn Network on the six-day, seven-night excursion.