Tim Garvin’s value as a nonprofit leader in and around Worcester has long been known.
After all, it was 2015 when Garvin won the lifetime achievement award from the Massachusetts Nonprofit Network. But nothing is like what Garvin – whose enthusiasm for the Worcester area is clear to anyone – did while leading the United Way during a massive fundraising during the coronavirus pandemic.
The United Way, aided by Garvin’s broad local contacts, teamed with the Greater Worcester Community Foundation to raise more than $10 million in the span of five months and quickly doled out the cash to a wide range of groups, from homeless shelters and hot meal deliveries to child care centers and summer programing for kids. He also donates blood every 56 days to the American Red Cross.
What do you think the future holds for Central Mass.? “Seeing and feeling the collaborative spirit, being part of the ‘compassion in action’ of Worcester Together allows me to know – TO KNOW – that in this community, we work together to lift up lives and strengthen community.”
Quite the teacher: “When starting elementary school, I lived with my family in Beirut, Lebanon … Simply, I was a terrible reader, but I loved baseball. The summer after 1st grade … my mom and dad made a deal with me. They would buy me a pack of baseball cards if I could read each one, then buy another pack … I am convinced that the San Francisco Giants MVP Willie Mays taught me to read!”
