Unsung Hero Awards

The annual BCF Unsung Hero Awards celebrate exemplary commitment and leadership in y(our) community.  In 2009 the recipients of the awards were Phoebe Anderson-Kline, an exceptional youth volunteer and role model; Roger Grande, a Brookline High School teacher devoted to inspiring an new generation of youth activists; and Linda Olson Pehlke, an author, advocate, and leader on environmental issues in Brookline.

Past Unsung Award Recipients:

2008 Unsung Hero Awards

Joan Slokoff.  Joan has worked with high-risk teens in Brookline for 40 years, she worked with many adults experiencing serious trauma, including having volunteered her services to counsel families who had lost loved-ones on the Boston-LA flight on 9/11.  

Inda Omerefendic, Katie Ullman and Cecilia Brown. They led the SAJE (Student Action for Justice and Education) Environmental Committee. They planned a major event--a Carbon Cafe--at the Devotion School in the spring that attracted over 100 community members. 

2007 Unsung Hero Awards

The awards were given to Jim Margolies from the Brookline Emergency Food Pantry and Eva O’Brien, a Brookline High Student who is working on raising awareness of the AIDS/HIV crisis in South Africa.

2006 Unsung Hero Awards

Jeff Polack, who received this award posthumously. Jeff engaged students and adults alike in recreational activities at Brookline High School.  He single-handedly turned created a boxing gym androck wall at BHS.

Nika Gorini. Nika was a senior at Brookline High School (BHS) worked hard to bring greater awareness of fair trade goods to the BHS and the Brookline community at large.