2021 Boston Cares Awards Honorees
Outstanding Volunteer Service
Seifeldin Kudi
Kathleen Vanni
Horace Wong, Jr.
Outstanding Community Partnership
Greater Boston Food Bank
Outstanding Corporate Partnership
Alexion Pharmaceuticals
Daily Point of Light #7004
Emma Lathan
President's Volunteer Service Award & Boston Cares Service Champions
Awarded to volunteers who serve a specified number of hours in a 12-month period.
GOLD
Adult (500+ hours)
David Boudreau
William Duncan
Theresa Lam
Payal Salsburg
Michael M. Wood
Young Adult (250+ hours)
Bridget Erin Gleason
Ethan Han
Shubhankar Joshi
Amy Owens
Meghana Prabhu Bantwal
Chrissy Saul
Horace Wong Jr.
Teen (100+ hours)
Mahiya Agarwal
Charlotte Elwy
Ronan Gleason
Lars Gubitosi
Theresa Huang
Emma Lu
Mistchnache Prinston
Catherine Yu
Silver
Adult (250-499 hours)
Nancy J. Allen
Vivian Chin
Chris M. Diaz
Karen Hawkinson
Lynn Hook
Paul R. Kimball
Katherine Mae-Yee Lee
Suzanne Rappaport
Francesco Vischi
Young Adult (175–249 hours)
Kathryn Duckworth
Haochen Lyu
Victor Yang
KP Volunteers (group award)
Bronze
Adult (100-249 hours)
Gherardo Maria Astaldi
Jody Baum
Agbala Nneka Benedicta
Ana-Gabriela Benghiac
Anna Borrelli
Yenner Bravo Gotera
Frandy Brown
Marco Caceres
Peyton F. Carter
Heidi Chandonnet
Paul Chandonnet
Marc Davino
Herison Luis de Castro Baptista
James P. Dougherty
Tina Dubreuil
Andrea Dunlap
Allan Fen
Remy Amber Frisch
Daniel Garrett
Marcia Goldfinger
Nate Goldshlag
Marc J. Grella
Ann Hargraves
Kayla Hinrichsen
Xianbin Huang
Judith P. Kelly
Jay Kirkus
Anne M. Konetzny
Adult Cont. (100–249 hours)
Seifeldin B. Kudi
Lauren Beatrice Laserte
Jeni H. Lee
Meredith Lipnick
Eva Lopez
Nivian Lopez
Jacqlyn Losano
Heather J. Marsh
Jennifer Mehl
Neelaab Nasraty
Matt Ng
Janice Neiman
Carol Nelson
Kimberly O'Donnell
Arian L. Persae
Lai Yee Phoon
Jess Ruppert
John S. Savoia
Jeff R. Schwefel
Nancy Sinclair
Maria Stupack
Peg Toro
Erik Tugal
Erica T. Warner
Alex Weisbrod
Horace Wong
Marsha Xavier
Young Adult (100–174 hours)
Isaac Bailey
Bill Chiem
Shawn Cho
Zakariyya Hassan
Julia Hines
Charlie Hull
Louis Hunter-Lanza
Saivagmita Kantheti
Tae Rang Kim
Jaehong Lee
Vasumathy Murali
Sandy Nguyen
Anthony Pajak
Victoria Pajak
Haleigh Yaspan
Eugene Yoon
Jacob Zhang
Lifetime Achievement (4,000+ hours)
Kaytlin Eldred
Group PVSA (Gold) – Allies for Immigrants ESOL Tutor Corps
Raphael Amsili
Tanmoy Barua
Zhangmuge Cheng
Crystal Chon
Marilyn Clark
John Donnelly
Laura Dziorny
Elizabeth Hefferman
Matthew Joyce
Aleksandra Kasztalska
Jade Lau
Nicole Mikolajczak
Neelaab Nasraty
Kimberly O'Donnell
Simon Ringrose
Nancy Sinclair
Anne Sullivan
Peg Toro
Melika Uter
Kathleen Vanni
Bob Van Wert
Milestone Awards
5 Years
Volunteers
Jessica Akers
Meghana Prabhu Bantwal
Rowen Concepcion
Anne Cullen
Laura Dziuban
Ben Elwy
Rani Elwy
Daniel Garrett
Laurie Harris
Theresa Lam
Lauren Laserte
Katherine Lee
Susan McPherson
Community Partners
Arc of the South Shore
Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms Society of Boston
Birthday Wishes
Boston SCORES
Corporate Partners
Alexion Pharmaceuticals
10 Years
Volunteers
Nancy Sinclair
Community Partners
826 Boston
Boston Debate League
Corporate Partners
Audax Management Company
NetScout
15 Years
Community Partners
Boston Parks & Recreation Department
More Than Words
St. Francis House
20 Years
Volunteers
Emma Lathan
Jeff Schwefel
Community Partners
Prison Book Program
Shawmut Corridor Gardens
25 Years
Community Partners
Harvest Food Pantry