Bishop Higgins Award
For Distinguished And Meritous Service

On behalf of the Episcopal Charities Fund of Rhode Island

The Bishop Higgins Award was created in honor of the founder of Episcopal Charities, The Right Reverend John Seville Higgins. Bishop Higgins was Rector of St. Martin's Church in Providence when he founded the fund. He met with key people throughout the Diocese, lay and clergy alike, and through his work a commitment to the well-being of Rhode Islanders was born.  His vision to reach out into the community became a tradition of people helping people.  This vision became a tradition because the people of Rhode Island cared.

Since the founding of Episcopal Charities in 1952, many volunteers have played many roles to bring us where we are today. Each year the Bishop Higgins Award is given to a special person for "distinguished and meritorious service on behalf of the Episcopal Charities Fund of Rhode Island". We congratulate and thank the many people listed below for their outstanding service.

Recipients of the Higgins Award

2007 – Paul Langmuir & The Rev. Deacon Paul Pickens
2005 - Mayor Scott Avedisian and Ms. Peggy Amatore
2004 - Carol Keiser & Harry Sacchetti
2003 - Penny Fisher & Donna Lancaster
2002 - Evelyn Brchan
2001 - Robert Tingle
2000 - Nancy Hudson
1999 - Meredith Marjorie Thayer
1998 - Philip G. Campbell
1997 - William Raymond Costello
1996 - Martha Parks
1994 - The Right Reverend George N. Hunt, III
1993 - J. Paul Wilson
1992 - Ruth Brindley
1991 - The Rev. Hebert W. & Mrs. Elizabeth S. Bolles
1990 - Olive Hindle & Frank Daley
1989 - Rev. Harrington M. Gordon, Jr.
1988 - Elke Moonan & Gail Peet
1987 - Marilyn Doebler
1985 - The Rev. Frederick K. Jellison
1984 - Joanne Dunlap
1983 - Kenneth Lagerquist
1982 - George J. Schaffer
1977 - Herbert W. Spink
1976 - Mrs. Robert H. Goff
1975 - Robert O. Anthony
1974 - The Rt. Rev. John S. Higgins & Ambrose A. Campbell
1973 - Dr. Percy Hodgson