The founder of a social pediatrics centre in Memramcook is being recognized by the New Brunswick Adoption Foundation. Dr. laine Deschnes has been name.
Saint John, NB, Canada / The Wave
Mar 1, 2021 3:13 PM
Monica Chaperlin is the first recipient of the Erminie Cohen Compassion Award from the New Brunswick Adoption Foundation. (photo submitted by the NBAF)
Monica Chaperlinis the inaugural recipient of the Erminie Cohen Compassion Award.
The award created in memory of the late Senator and founder of the New Brunswick Adoption Foundation.
In nominating her, Cathy Wright said Chaperlin supported the YMCA in establishing the first early learning centre in Saint John and was a strong advocate in bringing the model of First Steps Housing offering at-risk parents an opportunity to safely learn to be parents and for many to receive their high school education within the facility.
Erminie Cohen, founder of the New Brunswick Adoption Foundation, died in 2019. (photo courtesy of the NBAF)
Nominations are needed to find the inaugural recipient of the Erminie Cohen Compassion Award.
It’s namesake was the founder of the New Brunswick Adoption Foundation.
Through Cohen’s leadership, the foundation increased the number of kids adopted out of the provincial care system by 100 per cent.
Suzanne Kingston, executive director of the New Brunswick Adoption Foundation, said they are seeking nominees who work to improve the lives of vulnerable children and youth like Erminie did.
“What she really did is she engaged other people in doing a whole bunch of things. So that idea of a person who inspires others, or creates a catalyst or who mentors people,” Kingston said, “when you think of kids that are in need of adoptive homes. There really is a spirit of compassion that their needs are something that we as a community need to respond to”.