2015 • PMD Receives Outstanding Volunteer Service Award from Hearth on 6/10/15, in "recognition for their many (nearly 18) years of partnership and compassion for our residents, and for their dedication to meaningful volunteerism." To date, more than 500 PMD volunteers have helped with 99 PMD-organized service projects at Hearth residences, mostly preparing and sharing meals, but also performing needed grounds work.
2012 • PMD Founder Lori Tsuruda received the Active Citizenship & Public Service Award from Tufts University Alumni Association in April 2012.
Written Descriptions of Honorees: Tufts Alumni Link
Lori's Award Presentation Video: YouTube Link
2010 • MANY THANKS to everyone who made our 2009 benefit a success!
2008 • PMD has been selected for the 2008 Catalogue for Philanthropy, an informative and innovative guide that engages donors in philanthropy with an emphasis on small to mid-size charities that do great work but rely on private donations to survive.
PMD Founder Lori Tsuruda was interviewed on Suffolk County Criminal Justice Connection on BNN TV live on 8/12/08, 1:00-1:30 PM.
PMD honors long-time volunteer Nancy Goldberg and Cornerstone Research for their outstanding commitment to informed and responsible community service.
2007 • Check out the Boston Globe special "Six and the City" (1/1/07) about people whose efforts help make Boston a better place. PMD Board Director and volunteer project manager Jennifer Blackmon is featured.
2006 • PMD honors Hearth-Home for Good and long-time volunteer Mary Reid for their outstanding commitment to informed and responsible community service.
2005 • National Braille Press honored PMD's Executive Director Lori Tsuruda and Neal A. Rosen, Chair of the PMD Board, a Trustee of the Press, and a litigation partner at Bingham, McCutchen LLP.
PMD won Boston Herald's award during the USA Weekend Make a Difference contest.
2004 • Read about PMD Volunteer, Nancy Goldberg, in the Massachusetts Service Alliance newsletter. Page 6
The Dorchester Reporter wrote an article about PMD entitled, "Dot-Based Activist Group Aims to Help Both Sides," by Doug Wood-Boyle.
2003 • PMD Founder Lori Tsuruda named an “Extraordinary Bostonian” by the Boston Event Guide.
2002 • PMD is featured in South End News and part of FOX News Holiday Special about Volunteerism.
PMD Founder Lori Tsuruda receives Alpha Phi Omega National Distinguished Alumni Award.
PMD honors Bingham Dana, National Braille Press, Hawthorne Youth & Community Center, and long-time volunteers Ian Agranat and Phil Milmoe for their outstanding commitment to responsible volunteerism.
2001 • The MIT Alumni Association wrote an article on PMD's founding entitled, "Making a Difference: MIT Alumna Makes a Career Helping Others" by Eve Downing.
2000 • The Boston Herald award is given to PMD in the USA Weekend Make a Difference Day contest for its 1999 Make a Difference Day project removing invasive Norway maple trees to help start a community garden in Dorchester.
Steve Brown of Billerica, Nancy Goldberg of Newton, Brenda Jovenich of Brighton, Phil Milmoe of Boston, and Anna Leung of Lynn are recognized by PMD.
1999 • People Making a Difference through Community Service (PMD) and the National Braille Press have received a $2,000 award from Wal-Mart, the Points of Light Foundation, and USA Weekend for their 1998 Make a Difference Day community service project.
1998 • Boston Globe covers PMD’s annual Thanksgiving meal for 40 formerly homeless elders at the Anna Bissonnette House of the Committee to End Elder Homelessness.
“Outstanding Ability to Mobilize Volunteers to Benefit the Community” by Hawthorne Youth & Community Center.
1997 • Featured on the “Ten O’Clock News” of WLVI-Channel 56 for project assisting the National Braille Press with Shapely Cal, a tactile shapes book for visually impaired children.
Photographs of PMD volunteers in action appear in Boston Globe and South End News.
1996 • “Charity begins at Home” feature article in Home PC magazine.
1995 • “Outstanding Local Project” of National Make a Difference Day by the Points of Light Foundation.
PMD Founder Lori Tsuruda receives a “Ten Outstanding Young Leaders” award from the Boston Junior Chamber of Commerce.
1994 • “Volunteer Achievement” award for exceptional merit from the Massachusetts Volunteer Network.
1993 • “Outstanding Advocacy through community service and involvement supporting the independence of people with disabilities in Greater Boston” appreciation award from the Massachusetts Office on Disability.
1992 • “Outstanding Volunteer Service Award for Commitment to Improved Life for the Disabled” inaugural awards from Riverside Community Mental Health & Retardation Center.