'Goes Above And Beyond' To Help Feed Community: Medfield Hero

MEDFIELD, MA — When times are tough, heroes emerge. We all know someone who's making a difference right now as we live through unprecedented and changing times.

Here at Patch, we've launched an initiative to help recognize these heroes making a difference in their communities. Together with Ring, we’re working to let all your neighbors know about these outstanding people and their stories.

This submission comes from Abby Marble, Tracey Rogers and Susan Gorog, who nominated Caitlin Fahy, of Medfield. The nominators work with the Medfield Food Cupboard and nominated Fahy after collaborating with her.

Name: Caitlin Fahy

State: MA

Home town: Medfield

Hero's job: Director of Food Services at Medfield High School

Relationship to nominee: Caitlin works in Food Services at Medfield High School. She
reached out to us, the Medfield Food Cupboard, with an opportunity to participate in a food
program that provided fresh produce to Medfield residents this summer.

Reason for recognition: As a result of Caitlin's contact, we expanded the reach of the
program to a broader group of residents. Additionally, we joined forces with Medfield
Outreach and the Council on Aging to provide information to folks about our collective
support services.

One thing to know: Caitlin is deeply committed to her work and goes above and beyond
to create opportunities for the betterment of Medfield schools and the population served.
Her initiative and openness to collaboration made this program a huge success.