Helping Hands Award
The Helping Hands Award is an award that recognizes organizations and individuals who have given their strong support to the New England Food Foundation. The award is a symbol of the commitment and dedication to the children of New England. Up to three awards per year can be given to recipients.
An engraved bluestone terrace has been created from recipients of the Helping Hands Award and is located at the Cape House. This allows the visitors to the Cape House an opportunity to see all of the individuals and organizations who have made their stay possible.
Past Recipients
| 2001 | John Buckley—Eastern Sales & Marketing
Bill Grize—Stop & Shop Supermarkets |
| 2002 | Pat and Bud Roche—Roche Bros.
Chip O’Hare—Johnson O’Hare Co. Jack Young—Kraft |
| 2003 | Brian Pijanowski—Shaw’s Supermarkets
David Petri—Foxboro Terminals Bill Mello—Supervalu |
| 2004 | Frank Cacciapouti—Johnson O’Hare Specialty
Chris Flynn—Massachusetts Food Association Verne Powell—Food Industry Consultant |
| 2005 | Harry O’Hare (In Memoriam)—Johnson O’Hare
Jean (“John”) Roland LeComte (In Memoriam) Gary Pfeil—Roche Brothers |
| 2006 | Nick Matook—Acosta Sales & Marketing
Dan Sullivan—Eastern Sales & Marketing Bob Trumbour—Johnson O’Hare |
| 2007 | John Cerretani—Cerretani’s Supermarket
Dick Ponte—Stop & Shop Supermarkets Kenneth Murphy (In Memoriam)—Advantage |
| 2008 | Sal Lombardo—Liberty Markets
Joe Carroll—J.P Carroll Company Leo Sutera—Louise’s Ravioli Company |
| 2009 | Bill Tuck—Johnson O’Hare
Gene Mahoney—Advantage |
| 2013 | Kim Richardson-Roach—Ahold USA |
| 2016 | Jim Walsh—Sun Products Corp. |
| 2017 | Jerry Larsson—JOH |
| 2018 | Rick Daly—Acosta |
| 2019 | Robert Turcotte—DeMoulas/Market Basket |
| 2020 | Kevin O’Brien |
| 2021 | Kevin Kavanagh |
| 2022 | Bill Breheny |
| 2023 | Gayle Baker |