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Lisa Leite<br/>2024 Exceptional Service Award Recipient



Lisa Leite
2024 Exceptional Service Award Recipient

Program Coordinator
May Center for Adult Services
Cape Cod and South 



Nomination:

Lisa joined May Institute in 2009 as an employee at the Raynham Day Hab. In 2016, she transitioned to residential supports. She has been overseeing a group home in Bridgewater, Mass., for these past eight years, and she continually finds new and creative ways to improve the lives of the five men who live there. 

Lisa engages them in big ways—annual camping trips, Special Olympics, horseback riding and equine care, and live sports events. They take individual and group vacations to areas of interest, including Cape Cod, New Hampshire, Florida, Connecticut, and New York. She helps one individual visit his family members who live in other states, coordinating flights and airport drop-offs and pick-ups, or sometimes driving long distances to meet a family member halfway. 

Lisa also engages with the men in smaller ways—picking out their favorite trip photos to place in the frames hanging in the living room, making lunch, regular exercise, voting, planning meals, getting the mail, and frequent trips to their preferred convenience store. Lisa helps them stay informed by discussing current events and encouraging them to keep up on the news. She also sets up game nights, movie marathons, and art projects. 

In addition, Lisa coordinates holiday gatherings with the families, themed birthday parties, and helps the men in the home understand that they have a voice and can advocate for themselves. Lisa helps the men see themselves as whole people who make unique contributions to the world.

Quotes from her community:

“Lisa has proven time and time again that she cares about John, has his best interest at heart, and despite the challenges of the position has always been a warm, steady, important influence in John’s life.” — Alice, May Parent  

 “Working with special needs adults requires many skills and most of all patience. It requires a person like Lisa. Everyone benefits from Lisa’s work ethic and dedication.” — Dorothy and Stan, May Parents

See all of the pictures from the event on our Flickr album!

 

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