More than 250 came out once again to the annual Safe Homes Gala and People of Courage Awards. This year’s awards included the Youth Award to Rhys Stuller; Safe Homes Peer Leader and Collegiate Award to Nathan Manna, College of the Holy Cross; Public Service Award to Senator Michael Moore; Health Equity Award to Professor of Pediatrics and co-director of UMass Memorial Health Care’s Youth Gender Program Dr. Diane Blake; Media Award to WBZ Traffic Reporter Kristen Eck; Corporate Award to Patti Serpa Saint-Gobain Abrasives; Volunteer Award to President of Worcester Pride Peter Bacchiocchi; and Social Justice Advocacy and Action Award to Craig Miller of the Mass. Coalition for Suicide Prevention.













