The 19-year-old college student from Scarborough volunteers at Maine Medical Center’s Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital in Portland, the hospital that treated her.
Mainers to be Thankful For
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Florence Olebe
The community ‘elder’ facilitates understanding through language as an on-call interpreter for Maine Medical Center who also helps families experiencing domestic violence.
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Lenny Smith
The recovery advocate uses his long-term sobriety to help others.
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Leon Duff
The retired central Maine educator ‘shows up in so many ways,’ including serving on the boards of three nonprofits, donating produce from his garden and helping a 99-year-old friend.
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Lonney Steeves
The longtime Winthrop rec director and coach is ‘like a big daddy to all these kids.’
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Mufalo Chitam
The immigrant leader went into overdrive, working 13-hour days and drawing on years of connections to help asylum seekers who came to Portland last summer.
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Mainers to be thankful for 2018
We take a moment this season to give thanks to those among us who give time and energy to the larger community, enriching the world around us. Here are some people who stood out to us for working diligently, often without recognition, to comfort, protect, nurture and inspire others who need a helping hand.