Samantha and Akil accepted the Association Support Award from the Mental Health Association on behalf of the Timber Wolves.

Timber Wolves receive award from the Mental Health Association

Timber Wolves Samantha and Akil accepted the Association Support Award from the Mental Health Association on Nov. 19 at the Mental Health Association Annual Dinner for their volunteer work in Operation Dignity, a nationwide project to restore burial grounds at psychiatric facilities. Samantha and Akil, who represented the Timber Wolves, accepted the award. Twenty-five volunteer Timber Wolves from Randolph Children’s Home and Randolph Academy participated.
             The Mental Health Association organized the project at the Gowanda Psychiatric Center Cemetery in the Town of Collins. The project was made to honor deceased mental health clients that died while institutionalized in psychiatric facilities throughout the country.
            The Timber Wolves helped restore dignity over 1,200 deceased psychiatric patients by helping to restore the cemetery. The Timber Wolves worked diligently to remove the sod that covered the headstones, clean up the grave markers and other work.
            They showed immense care and respect for the headstones they help to uncover.
            The Timber Wolves are a leadership club from Randolph Children’s Home that volunteer in community service.