Brooke Jansen, Spectrum Generations’ ARDC specialist, left, and Mary Fernandes, Spectrum Generations volunteer. Submitted picture
Spectrum Generations acknowledged Mary Fernandes of Washington as its 2021 volunteer of the 12 months at its annual assembly in Waterville March 23.
This award permits Spectrum Generations to acknowledge and have fun a volunteer who has gone above and past of their volunteer service, in accordance with a information launch from the company.
A volunteer with Spectrum Generations’ Cash Minders Program, Fernandes was assigned to assist a client with assorting mail, balancing a checkbook and paying payments.
Throughout her time working with the buyer, she found that they lacked warmth and sizzling water within the residence, and that by way of the winter months, they relied on electrical house heaters to maintain heat, so Mary took motion.
She spent weeks looking out for an organization that will substitute the furnace, and she or he labored with Spectrum Generations’ ADRC specialist, Brooke Jansen, and KVCAP to have the brand new furnace put in.
Gerard Queally, president and CEO of Spectrum Generations, mentioned that “Due to Mary’s advocacy, this client acquired a complete lot greater than assist together with her funds. She acquired a brand new furnace and was additionally related with the Meals on Wheels program. Spectrum Generations is extremely grateful to Mary for going above and past in her line of responsibility. Whereas she’s solely been with us since final summer time, Mary has already made an unimaginable distinction within the lives of those that she serves as a volunteer, and for that we’re grateful.”
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Spectrum Generations, the Central Maine Space Company on Ageing and Ageing and Incapacity Useful resource Middle, has been a number one supplier of data and recommendation, referrals, packages and actions for adults for 50 years.
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