Neighbor Brigade Co-Founder Pam Washek Loses Battle with Cancer
Pam Washek died Sunday, Dec. 2.
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Neighbor Brigade Co-Founder Pam Washek Loses Battle with Cancer
Pam Washek died Sunday, Dec. 2.
A wife, mother and volunteering icon has died after a 10-year battle with cancer. Pam Washek, the co-founder of the Wayland Angel Food Network (now the Neighbor Brigade), passed away Dec. 2, according to an obituary published on Boston.com. Today, Wellesley's chapter of Neighbor Brigade is just one of more than 30 in the state of Massachusetts, and has 36 volunteers. There is also a chapter operating in Nashua, N.H.--it's the only non-Massachusetts chapter at this time. Washek and fellow Wayland resident Jean Seiden came together in the midst of their individual cancer treatments to found, in 2003, the Wayland Angel Food Network, a group dedicated to organizing neighbors to provide meals for one another in times of need and crisis. …
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