133 Pleasant Street, Berlin, NH 03570 603-752-2040 Donations
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| Events Sylvia Evans Award The Sylvia Evans Award has been given each year to a woman in the community who has demonstrated concern and devoted time and energy to the families of the Androscoggin Valley. The award is named after Sylvia V. Forman Evans, who died on March 31st, 2005 in Danville, CA. Sylvia Evans was the first woman to receive the Coos County Family Health Services award in 1981. Mrs. Evans was born in Brooklyn, NY but lived in Berlin for more than 43 years. Sylvia organized a Well Baby Clinic, the North Country Community Services, the Family Planning Board, a chapter of the American Association of University Women and the Parent Teachers’ Association. She served as chair of the Berlin School Board and taught special education in the Berlin and Gorham schools for 15 years. She was an active member of Beth Israel Synagogue. |
Past Award Winners |
Sylvia Evans Award Recipients
| 1st Recipient 1981 Sylvia Evans (deceased
5/31/05) 2nd Recipient 1982 Sister Monique Therriault 3rd Recipient 1983 Pearl Fysh (Deceased 8/31/96) 4th Recipient 1984 Beth Harries Thompson No Recipient 1985 5th Recipient 1986 Doreen Tuxbury 6th Recipient 1987 Cecilia Fortier (deceased 6/19/06) No Recipient 1988 7th Recipient 1989 Dorothy “Digit” Taylor No Recipient 1990 8th Recipient 1991 Kathleen Tremblay 9th Recipient 1992 Rolande Cloutier 10th Recipient 1993 Paula “Polly “ Tourangeau 11th Recipient 1994 Catherine “ Cathy” McDowell 12th Recipient 1995 Margaret “Marge” McClellan |
13th recipient 1996 Andrea Leaver
Hebard 14th Recipient 1997 Susan “ Sue” Roberge 15th Recipient 1998 Pauline Tibbetts 16th Recipient 1999 Marie Hawkinson (deceased) 17th Recipient 2000 Denise Doucette 18th Recipient 2001 Alethea Lincoln Froburg 19 th Recipient 2002 Jeannette Fortier 20th Recipient 2003 Anne Laroche 21st Recipient 2004 Rolanda Duchesne 22nd recipient 2005 Lorraine Leclerc 23rd Recipient 2006 Dona Larsen 24th Recipient 2007 Shirley C. Croteau 25th Recipient 2008 Judy Rheaume 26th Recipient 2009 Sandra Lemire |
| Young Leadership Award The Sylvia Evans Award has been given each year since 1981 to women in the community who have demonstrated concern and devoted their time and energy to the families of the Androscoggin Valley. The award is named after Sylvia V. Forman Evans, who passed away on March 31st, 2005 in Danville, CA. The Sylvia Evans Award provides an opportunity to highlight the extraordinary contributions that women have made to the development of our region. It is also an excellent means of providing first role models for our young girls to emulate. This year CCFHS will award a high school girl from the Androscoggin Valley, with the “Young Leadership” award, as part of the Sylvia Evans Award. The criteria for selection: • Community Leader – demonstrates positive leadership within her peer group, community, church, or youth movement, etc. • Student Leader – demonstrates leadership and “makes a difference” within her school’s academic community. • Creative Leader – demonstrates being an innovative force in any area of the arts. For exp: outstanding movie, an outreach educational project for the community, etc. • Personal integrity & Family – someone who communicates her leadership through her personal integrity and commitment to family or personal values. The nominee should meet or exceed any or all of these criteria: • Possesses demonstrated or emerging leadership skill and/or leadership potential • Values being a positive force in the community • Is interested and motivated to learn how to make a difference in this world and in this region. • female in the 9th - 12th grade Any group or school wishing to make a nomination may do so by sending a written description of the nominee’s contributions with emphasis on volunteer activities, along with the nominee name, address, telephone number and email address to: Coos County Family Health Services, Attn: Sylvia Evans Award Committee- Young Leadership Award , 54 Willow Street, Berlin, NH 03570 For more information please call Kathleen Kelley at 603-752-3669 ext. 4026 |