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Trauma Intervention Program
13th Annual Appreciation Banquet
 The 13th annual Trauma Intervention
Program (TIP) volunteer appreciation banquet held on
Thursday, October 26 at the Elk’s Club in Lawrence
was the place to be. Nearly 300 people from across the
Merrimack Valley gathered to pay tribute to 13 years of
on–scene, volunteer trauma intervention service to
over 15,043 children and adults. Attendees included
volunteers, hospital workers, and members of the various
fire and police departments.
Jayan Landry Conlin, the executive director, served as
the master of ceremonies and the evening was filled with
testimonials and acknowledgement of the TIP  involvement in the lives of so many
people over the past year. Of the evening, Conlin stated,
“As the director of the Trauma Intervention Program
of Merrimack Valley, Inc. (TIP), I am privileged to
represent our team and board with the opportunity to
honor special people from our community who have assisted
our program in the past year. We are so blessed with 19
caring, dedicated volunteers who have donated over
$5,890,441.30 in volunteer hours.”
In addition to honoring on-call volunteers, an important
part of the evening was to highlight individuals from the
community to receive the Volunteer Choice/Gift of Caring
Awards. The awards were given based on “going above
and beyond” the call of duty, consistently requests
TIP services for traumatized individuals, or makes a
significant financial donation. (Editors
Note: Brenda Waller, pictured below wearing a flower,
passed away prior to our publishing date. Our prayers go
out to her daughter Lindsy, far right, and her
family.)
 This
Year’s Volunteer Choice/Gift of Caring Awards Went
To:
Focus on the Flood: Lawrence
Police/Fire Dept./Municipal
Jeff Coco,Emergency Management
North Andover
Emergency Room Heroes: Maria
Wizboski, RN-MVH, Tammie Sargent, RN-CHFH, and Jane
Campagna, RN-LGH
Featured Guest Speaker: Rebecca
Merrill
Spotlight on a Special School Family:
David DeFillippo, Central Catholic
High School
A Decade of TIP Volunteer Service: Brenda
Waller, AD, RN
Rescue in the Marsh: Methuen
Police and Fire Depts.
Special Advocates for Children: Mike
Wartman, Andover High School, Bob Stabile, Andover Fire
Dept.,
and Office Robin Cataldo, Andover Police Dept.
Retiring Chairperson: Chief
Charles Murnane, Andover Fire Dept.
Special Political Advocate for TIP: Senator
Sue Tucker
*Send your questions comments to ValleyPatriot@aol.com
The November, 2006
Edition of the Valley Patriot
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