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Family
Services, Inc. to
Honor Sullivan Family
 Family Service, Inc. to
Honor Sullivan Family with its Community Service Award
LAWRENCE - Family Service, Inc. is pleased to
announce that it will give its biennial Community Service
Award to the Anna R. Sullivan Family of Lawrence,
including Anna, Thomas, Michael, Kevin, Mark and their
families. The award will be presented to the Sullivan
Family on Thursday, November 16 at 6:00 pm at Sal’s
Italian Restaurant on Merrimack Street in Lawrence.
Every other year, Family Service honors a family who,
through their personal and professional efforts, embodies
the mission of Family Service: to strengthen individuals
and families by building skills for successful home, work
and community life. The Sullivan Family has a long
history of giving back to the Greater Lawrence community,
and Family Service is honored to recognize their years of
service.
Anna R. Sullivan, owner of T.A. Sullivan Insurance on
Union Street in Lawrence, raised her four boys alone
after the sudden death of her husband, Thomas, in 1969.
Mrs. Sullivan managed to grow the business she started
with her husband while raising the four boys on her own.
Somewhere amidst the work of raising four active boys,
Ms. Sullivan managed to instill an ethic of community
service in each of her children.
“Back 35 years ago, no one would have looked at
these four boys and said they would make the difference
in this community that they have” says Myles Burke,
lifelong friend to the family and Chief of Staff for the
City of Lawrence. “Tom, Mike, Kevin, Mark…all
of them were causing their mother some sleepless nights
on Union Street in Lawrence. But Anna worked hard at the
family business and raised four good guys who have given
back to the City they call home.”
In addition to Michael and Kevin’s public service as
Mayors of Lawrence (2000–present and 1986–1993
respectively) family members have been active on Boards
and Committees at Northern Essex Community College,
Habitat for Humanity, Greater Lawrence Vocational School,
Merrimack Valley United Way, Big Brothers/Big Sisters,
Lawrence Rotary, Lawrence General Hospital, and many
more.
“The choice of the Sullivan Family for this year’s
Community Service Award was an easy one,” explains
Family Service Executive Director Kay Berthold Frishman.
“The Sullivan family members are all fine examples
of community-minded citizens whose continuous efforts
support and improve the Greater Lawrence area everyday.
Agencies such as Family Service are grateful for the
tradition of service that is passed down through the
generations with the Sullivan family.”
The Community Service Award will be presented to the
Sullivan Family on Thursday, November 16, 2006 at Sal’s
Italian Restaurant on Merrimack Street in Lawrence.
The event will be from 6:00–8:00 p.m. Attendance is
$25.00 per person. Sponsorship opportunities are also
available.
For more information, contact Lori Howe by phone at
978-683-9505, extension 39 or by e-mail at LHowe@
FamilyServiceInc.com.
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The October, 2006
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