Meals on Wheels America\u00a0 announced Jayne C. McQueen, President and CEO of Mobile Meals of Spartanburg, SC, as the recipient of the inaugural Sister Alice Marie Quinn Award. New in 2018, the Sister Alice Marie Quinn Award was established to celebrate the life and contributions of one of the Meals on Wheels network\u2019s most respected and influential leaders of all time. A registered dietician, Sister Alice Marie \u2013 affectionately known as SAM \u2013 founded St. Vincent Meals on Wheels in Los Angeles, CA, in 1977, and through her leadership and spirit, left an indelible mark on the national Meals on Wheels community.<\/p>\n
With Sister Alice Marie\u2019s legacy in mind, this award honors a current leader in the Meals on Wheels network who embodies her compassion, dedication and contribution, and who works to unite and advance the nationwide Meals on Wheels movement. Meals on Wheels America Members were invited to submit nominations in June of 2018. A review committee narrowed the field of nominees before the Meals on Wheels America Board of Directors voted on the final selection.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor more than 41 years, Jayne McQueen has committed herself to serving the most vulnerable seniors of Spartanburg County, South Carolina with her whole heart, just as Sister Alice Marie Quinn did for the seniors of Los Angeles,\u201d said Ellie Hollander, President and CEO, Meals on Wheels America. \u201cI am thrilled to be able to honor Jayne for her visionary leadership and effectiveness, and her incredible contributions to the Meals on Wheels movement.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI am humbled to be honored with this special award that carries the name of my dear friend, Sister Alice Marie Quinn,\u201d said Jayne McQueen, President and CEO, Mobile Meals of Spartanburg. \u201cHer work was an inspiration to many and fed thousands of souls spiritually and physically.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 2018 Sister Alice Marie Quinn Award was presented during the Meals on Wheels Annual Conference and Expo on Tuesday, August 28, in Charlotte, NC, in front of leaders and staff of nearly 350 local Meals on Wheels programs from across the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Meals on Wheels America\u00a0 announced Jayne C. McQueen, President and CEO of Mobile Meals of Spartanburg, SC, as the recipient of the inaugural Sister Alice Marie Quinn Award. New in 2018, the Sister Alice Marie Quinn Award was established to celebrate the life and contributions of one of the Meals on Wheels network\u2019s most respected… Continue reading Jayne McQueen Receives Inaugural Sister Alice Marie Quinn Award!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mobile-meals.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mobile-meals.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mobile-meals.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mobile-meals.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mobile-meals.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.mobile-meals.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":177,"href":"https:\/\/www.mobile-meals.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167\/revisions\/177"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mobile-meals.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mobile-meals.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mobile-meals.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mobile-meals.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}