Lucille Jerome
Lucille Jerome (SSW’78, GRS’95) of Tyngsboro, Mass., received a Because of Her Award at the Lowell Women’s Week 2018 ceremony on February 26, 2018, in Lowell, Mass. The annual award recognizes “extraordinary leadership, generosity, compassion, activism, and commitment” to the Lowell community. She was honored for service to the elderly community. She created and hostsFor the Young at Heart, a monthly cable access television program, now in its 11th year. The program is sponsored by the D’Youville Life and Wellness Community, is taped in Dracut, Mass., and broadcast in the Merrimack Valley area. The program can also be viewed on the D’Youville website: www.dyouville.org. The show features interviews with experts in aging, with a focus on topics such as medical and mental health, socialization, spirituality, elder law, finance, and housing.
From the Fall 2018 issue.