Alberta Thew honored with Community Recognition Award

Marstons Mills awardee recognized for acts of compassion and kindness

Alberta Thew was named a recipient of the Community Recognition Award. Thew joins the ranks of others from Massachusetts who have received this honor.

The purpose of the Community Recognition Award is to inspire people to help others and improve their communities. Recipients come from all walks of life and all 50 states. Under certain circumstances, the award can be issued posthumously.

It is hoped the Community Recognition Award will encourage people in Marstons Mills and across Massachusetts to live their lives around ten values than enhance the wellbeing of individuals, families and communities. Those ten values are compassion, courage, forgiveness, generosity, humility, inclusiveness, integrity, kindness, respect and service.

Thew is among a select number of individuals recognized in Marstons Mills. Many individuals never receive a civic award despite years of community involvement. While formal recognition should never be one's motive for acts of kindness, receiving an award is an affirmation of the positive impact one's actions can have.

It should be a proud moment for Thew's family and friends, and an opportunity to share inspiring stories. If fact, by discussing the award, the inspiration provided by Thew's good deeds is multiplied. Discussion of the award can also help spread the word about the ten values embodied by the award. It is a fact that many individuals feel motivated to do more after hearing about the good deeds of others. Award recipients themselves can feel encouraged or inspired by the recognition to help more

The Community Recognition Award is one of the highest recognitions possible for individuals. Residents of Marstons Mills and all of Massachusetts can feel proud that one of the own, Alberta Thew, has been recognized with this high distinction.