Stewart Johnson
Stewart Johnson
Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep Volunteer of the Month
February 2012
Stewart Johnson has been nominated for Volunteer of the Month for February.
Stewart has been a NILMDTS Affiliated Photographer for nearly 4 years. During that time, he has been called at all hours of the day and night and asked to take images of dying infants and their families.
Staff members of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans nominated Stewart for this honor.
According to Lynn Matthews, a member of the NICU Grief Committee, Stewart is always willing to drop what he is doing and hustle to the hospital to serve a grieving family that has requested NILMDTS services.
"He has a way of putting everyone at ease, and for just a moment in time, he transforms a bedside in the hospital into a home. He has a very gentle manner and is very caring towards the family. No request has ever been too much," said Lynn Matthews.
She goes on to say the service that Stewart provides not only to the families, but to the staff of this unit is so comforting.
"He appears to be driven by his devotion to this worthy cause, never expecting anything in return for his many hours of work each month," said Matthews, "Stewart truly is an inspiration and exemplifies the true spirit of a volunteer."
Please accept our sincerest thanks, Stewart, for being such a dedicated volunteer.
A huge thank you to all of our wonderful Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep Volunteers!
The Process for choosing the Volunteer of the Month
The Co-Founders select the Volunteer of the Month by considering many deciding factors including -- Nominations from families, hospitals and fellow photographers
- The nominee’s established leadership in their community
- And their hard work following the necessary guidelines within NILMDTS including completion and logging of consent forms.
Nominations should be e-mailed to headquarters@nilmdts.org with the subject line of "VOLUNTEER OF THE MONTH NOMINATION". The Headquarters Office will accept nominations at any time throughout the month.
Each NILMDTS Volunteer of the Month receives a congratulatory plaque which can be proudly displayed in their studios as well as a profile here throughout the month of their award.
This is a wonderful way for us here at NILMDTS to recognize the outstanding achievements and the giving nature of ourvolunteer base.
Thank you to each and every one of you!