Our 2022 Awards Gala was a Great Success!
It was an exciting evening of inspiring award recipients, cultural entertainment, glamorous red carpet arrival, online silent auction, and an elegant banquet that helped us raise $154,000.
Thank you to all our sponsors, advertisers, auction donors, guests, friends, and supporters.
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Browse our 2022 Gala Program Book & Community Directory
Meet Our 2022 Award Recipients
MAPS 2022 Person of the Year: Gilda M. Nogueira, President and CEO of the East Cambridge Savings Bank
Portuguese-American Gilda M. Nogueira, a longtime supporter of MAPS and many other community organizations, is a perfect example of outstanding success among the immigrant community and of strong leadership in a typically male-dominated sector
Ms. Nogueira, an immigrant from São Miguel, Azores, began her career in the Cambridge community-based bank in 1978 as a teller while still in high school. Since then, she has risen through the ranks to become the institution’s President and CEO, while taking on other important roles in several statewide and national banking industry organizations.
MAPS Jorge Fidalgo Community Service Award: Julia Evora, former MAPS Senior Center Coordinator
Cape Verdean-American Julia Evora is a beloved member of the MAPS family, having worked as the coordinator of our Cambridge Senior Center for 11 years until 2018 when she decided to pursue her love of cooking and start her own catering business.
She frequently donates meals to people dealing with homelessness in Boston, and remains a familiar face at MAPS, visiting her dear seniors often and delighting them with her home-cooked treats.
MAPS Manuel N. Coutinho Outstanding Volunteer Award: Debora Guimaraes, founder of the Share Your Love Foundation
Brazilian-American Debora Guimaraes is the founder of the Share Your Love Foundation, a non-profit organization created in 2014 to provide support to families living below the poverty line in Brazil that has since expanded to include the Inspire Aspire Youth Program, an initiative providing guidance and support to youth in Boston seeking post-secondary education and their parents.
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