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Our Team.

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         Kena Sagendorph

         Executive Director

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                       2010

Fun Fact: I have an identical twin

 

"Courage doesn't mean you don't get afraid. Courage means you don't let fear stop you."

Tina Richardson

Business Manager

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2019

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"We will figure it out"

Joan Silva

Patch Receptiosist​

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2022

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          Cassandra Bevan

Director of Continuous Quality Improvement

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                           2021

 

Fun Fact: The Sun makes a sound but we can’t hear it

 

It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are. -e.e. cummings

Jennifer Aldrich

Director of Family Services

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Years at VOC: 13

 

Fun Fact: I was born during a full moon

 

Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” Ferris Bueller

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            Karissa Vaczy

Director of Family Services

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                         2023

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Fun Fact: My cup always matches my outfits.

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Grow Through What You Go Through"

 

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Family Center, CFCE, Parent Child+

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Nicole Lyman

Early Childhood Director,

CFCE Coordinator 

 

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2012

Fun Fact: I am an Irish twin​

 

Some people come into our lives and quickly go.  Some stay for awhile, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never, ever the same. -Flavia Weedn

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         Charlene Coutu

  Family Support Specialist

                           1999

Fun Fact: Frogs don't drink water, they absorb it through their skin and they close their eyes when they eat because they need them to help swallow food.

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"The World is Changed by Your Example, Not by Your Opinion."
Paulo Coelho

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      Samantha Caranfa

  Early Learning Specialist

                       2023

"Silence is golden, unless you have a toddler. Then it's suspicious"

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           Sarah DeBlois

   Early Learning Specialist

                        2021

"Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t".– Rikki Rogers

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           Ashley Welch

    Family Support Worker

                        2023

Fun Fact: If anything bizarre can happen to anyone, it will happen to me. 

 

"You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water." -Rabindranath Tagore

Family Resource Center

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            Adriana Lara

       FRC Program Manager

       & Supervising Clinician

                         2021

Fun Fact: I have traveled to 3 continents.

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"Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that“- Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Crystal Cowen

Family Support Worker

2025​

Fun Fact: I never remember where I park my car!

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"To raise a grandchild is to nature a legacy"

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Jo Ann Valle

Clinician

2025

Fun Fact:I can say the alphabet backwards REALLY fast.

 

"Wherever you go, there you are."

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Cory Flood

Family Support Worker

2025

Cheese is Life 

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"What we do in life echos in eternity"

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School Liaison

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Family Partner

Support & Stabilization

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Aimee Woodbury

Family Support Director S&S

2020

Fun Fact: Can turn most situations into a Taylor Swift reference

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Let it be, then let it go - Zach Bryan

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Vanessa Warren

Family Support Worker

2025

I am a huge animal lover and my dream is to own acres and acres of land and rescue as many animals as possible.​

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"When words are both true and kind, they can change the world." - Buddha

Angelina Howard

Family Advocate​

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                 2023​

Every time you judge someone, you reveal a part of yourself that needs healing.

 

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Family Center & Administrative Offices . 217 Walnut St. Athol, MA  . 978-249-8467

North Quabbin Patch & Family Resource Center . 109 Lumber St Athol, MA . 978-249-5070

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