O Prémio MAPS Manuel N. Coutinho Voluntário de Destaque é apresentado anualmente a pessoas que seguiram o modelo exemplar do falecido Manuel N. Coutinho, Professor Voluntário de Aulas de Cidadania. O Sr. Coutinho ajudou a preparar membros das comunidades de Língua Portuguesa e outros imigrantes para a cidadania Americana no escritório da MAPS até o ano de 2002, e também foi voluntário com outros grupos da comunidade.
Homenageados/as:
2022: Debora Guimaraes, founder of the Share Your Love Foundation
2019: Fernanda Rocha, Founder of a support group for Brazilian mothers of autistic children
2018: Regina Rodrigues, Volunteer, MAPS HIV/STI Services
2017: Project Health CV, Non-Profit Medical Aid Organization
2016: Lidia Souza, Founder, New England Community Center in Stoughton
2015: António (Thony) Alves, Owner, Thony’s Barbershop in Roxbury
2014: Alphonso Brown, MD, Physician at Cambridge Health Alliance, ICAN Youth Scholars Program Founder & Volunteer and Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School
2013: Maria Carvalho, LICSW, the volunteer president of the Board at the Portuguese School of Cambridge and Somerville
2013: Nelson Augusto da Silva, A longtime volunteer with the Cabo Verdean community
2012: Adalberto Teixeira, Deputy Director of Human Services for the City of Boston
2011: Crisolita Pontes-Alves, Volunteer, St. Patrick’s Church of Roxbury
2010: Alice Gomes, Family Department Specialist at the Family Nuturing Center of Massachusetts
2009: Elisa Garibaldi, MD, Lowell Community Health Center
2008: Celia Maciel
2007: José Carlos Barros and José Gomes, Portuguese-language Alcoholics Anonymous Group Facilitators
2006: Manoel De Sousa, Framingham Volunteer
2005: Maria & José Pombeiro, Lowell Community Volunteers
2004: Andreia Makkas, Brazilian Community Leader
2003: Ruth Costa, MAPS Youth Program Volunteer
2002: Gunga Tavares, Cultural Attaché, Consulate of Cape Verde in Boston
2001: Sally Correa, Maria Alice Reis, Lowell Senior Center
2000: Maria Valente, Owner of Portugalia Restaurant
1999: Manuel N. Coutinho, MAPS Volunteer Citizenship Teacher