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Womensafe Award

Tuesday May 23, 2006

WomenSafe staff and board members stand with Betsy Strolle Gossens, this year's recipient of the Kimberly Krans Women Who Change the World Award.  L-R: Donna Blaise, Willow Wheelock, Jaye Roseborough, Christina Grier, Kerri Duquette-Hoffmann, Betsy Gossens, and Naomi Smith.

WomenSafe is pleased to announce Betsy Strolle Gossens as the 2005 recipient of the Kimberly Krans Women Who Change the World Award. This award is presented annually to a woman in Addison County and Rochester whose outstanding work and achievements have furthered the safety of women and children in our community.

Betsy is a tireless, effective and joyful agent of change. For the past thirty years, as a pediatric physical therapist at Addison County Home Health and Hospice, Betsy has touched the lives of hundreds of children with disabilities and their family members. Betsy has treated virtually every child with special needs in Addison County, and has earned the professional respect of clinicians inside and outside of Vermont. She is quick and generous in sharing her knowledge with others, and innovative and imaginative in her therapy. Her commitment to working with families beautifully illustrates the success of the family-centered care philosophy. Betsy’s outstanding contributions to the welfare of our community remind us that sometimes changing the world can happen on the smallest and most important scale: one child at a time.

Each year this award ceremony is held in March as part of National Women’s History Month.  If you know a dynamic woman whose work and efforts have offered hope and safety to the women and children in our community, contact WomenSafe at 388-9180 for information on nominating her to be the recipient for the 2006 Award!

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