MHCA Announces Remember ME Award Recipients!

• By: Dianne Chicoine
• On: 02/12/2025 12:21:13
• In: Special Events

MHCA is pleased to announce the recipients of this year's Remember ME Lifetime Achievement Award. We wish to express our sincere thanks and appreciation to this year's judges, who had the very difficult task of selecting the 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award recipients from a large and distinguished pool of applicants.
   
 
2025 Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients: 

1. Richard Anzelc, The Landing at Cape Elizabeth
2. Eva Barnfather, The Wardwell
3. Jacqueline Bate, Schooner Estates Memory Care
4. Perley Beane, Northern Light Continuing Care, Lakewood
5. Jeanne Bilodeau, Pinnacle Health & Rehab at North Berwick
6. Linwood Leeland 'Woody' Carville, Dirigo Pines
7. Gary Chandler, Westgate Center of Rehabilitation and Alzheimer's care
8. Cecil Clark, Breakwater Commons
9. Howard H. Dana, Jr., Piper Shores
10. James Dennis, II, MaineGeneral Rehabilitation and Long Term Care at Gray Birch
11. Tom Dixon, Enclave of Scarborough
12. Rosemary Donovan, Maine Veterans' Homes - Bangor
13. Hilary Ervin, Sunset Home of Waterville
14. Melba Evans, Ross Manor
15. Patricia Eye, Bangor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
16. Charles Gill, Jr., Birch Bay Retirement Village
17. William Huntoon, Market Square Health Care Center
18. Steve King, Avita of Brunswick
19. Kathryn Maclary, Pinnacle Health & Rehab at South Portland
20. Harmon Maddocks, Maine Veterans' Homes - Scarborough
21. Rita Melendy, Schooner Estates Senior Living Community
22. Eunice Mercier, MaineGeneral Alzheimer Care Center
23. Fernande Pelletier, Forest Hill
24. Jim Pendleton, Scarborough Terrace
25. Karen Pennell, East Point Assisted Living
26. Brenda Reed, Barron Center
27. Marny Smith, 75 State Street
28. Susan St. Mary, Bay Square at Yarmouth
29. Robert Takach, Maine Veterans' Homes - Augusta
30. William Thomson, Sentry Hill at York Harbor
31. Brian Wren, Seal Rock Healthcare
32. Jim Young, Fallbrook Commons

 
2025 Honorable Mention Award Recipients: 

1. Daniel Berube, High View Manor
2. Sidney Boardman, Durgin Pines
3. Leroy Bragdon, Jr., Russell Park Rehab & Living Center
4. Richard Brann, Hibbard Skilled Nursing Center
5. Edward Fortier, Country Village Estates, LLC
6. Gilford Gagnon, St. Joseph's Memory Care
7. William Gorman, Mid Coast Senior Health - Thornton Hall
8. Harold Leino, Maine Veterans' Homes - South Paris
9. Richard Mardigian, Fallbrook Woods
10. Dennis Monroe, MaineGeneral Rehabilitation and LTC at Glenridge
11. Christine Morrison, Donahue Sandy River Center
12. Peter Oatway, Katahdin Health Care
13. Joseph Paquin, Maine Veterans' Homes - Caribou
14. Joseph Pluto, Pinnacle Health & Rehab at Canton
15. Wenona Small, Maine Veterans' Homes - Machias
16. Timothy Smith, Marshwood Center
17. Theresa Thibeault, Ridgewood Estates Assisted Living
18. Conrad Voisine, Crosswinds Residential Care
19. Hope White, Colonial Health Care
20. Robert Young, Marshall Healthcare

 
Next Steps
 
2025 Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients:
Facility contacts for the Lifetime Achievement Award recipients will be emailed regarding their assigned photographer and scheduling the resident's photo shoot, as well as submitting a photo release and past photos of the resident. Recipients' photos and biographies will be featured in the program book. The award ceremony is scheduled for Thursday, May 22, at the Augusta Civic Center in Augusta.
 
2025 Honorable Mention Award Recipients:
Honorable Mention recipient biographies will be featured in the program book and we will mail their Honorable Mention Certificates of Lifetime Achievement in May.
 
For more information on the event and/or sponsorship opportunities, please contact Dianne Chicoine,
Director of Business & Information Services.
 
For media inquiries on this event, please contact Ben Hawkins, Director of Public Affairs.
 
Staff contact: dchicoine@mehca.org