Neighbor Brigade Co-Founder Pam Washek Loses Battle with Cancer
Pam Washek died Sunday, Dec. 2. She co-founded Neighbor Brigade, which now operates more than 30 chapters across the state, including one in Weston.
A wife and mother and volunteering icon has died after a 10-year battle with cancer. Pam Washek, the co-founder of the Wayland Angel Food Network (now the Neighbor Brigade), passed away Dec. 2, according to an obituary published on Boston.com. Weston is one of more than 30 towns and cities in Massachusetts in which a Neighbor Brigade chapter now operates. Washek and fellow Wayland resident Jean Seiden came together in the midst of their individual cancer treatments to found, in 2003, the Wayland Angel Food Network, a group dedicated to organizing neighbors to provide meals for one another in times of need and crisis. According to Washek's message on the Neighbor Brigade website, the Wayland Angel Food Network quickly evolved to include …
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