Coveted Listen Center Knick Knack Award given to Mt. Prospect students
March 27, 2026
Bernie Marvin
Pike, NH – For Mt. Prospect Academy students who have been traveling to Lebanon, NH to perform several important volunteer work assignments at the Listen Center, an award presentation ceremony was held in their honor during the final week of February, 2026.
It was a special ceremony at the school campus, where the students were recognized for their excellent work. Presenting the awards were Academic Career Coach Guy Mitchell assisted by The Listen Center’s Marcy Innes, a Retail Volunteer Coordinator.
The students each received a Certificate of Appreciation and a chance to view the impressive gold-colored Knick Knack Award. This special statue was awarded to Life Coach Mitchell “and the students of Mount Prospect Academy for their dedicated service to our Lebanon store. With much gratitude from the entire LISTEN staff,” according to the inscription on the trophy.
Students who were honored included Grant A., Brian L., Logan P., Shane C., Kyle C., Grant A. and Lucian EG. Also participating in the awards ceremony was Kelley MacLean, a Student Transitions Specialist from New Hampshire Vocational Rehabilitation.
Life Coach Mitchell told The Bridge Weekly that Ms. Innes wanted to recognize the students for volunteering weekly at the Listen Store in Lebanon.
He said the students have several responsibilities while they are at the store, including work outside with employees while donations are being accepted. Once a cart is full, they transport the cart with all the items, that include either hard goods or soft goods(clothes).
The students also transported racks of inventory from the pricing department to the sales floor and put items on the display shelves for resale on the sales floor. They also hung clothing on the racks for sales, based on the clothing gender and size.
Some of the students have also sorted donated music Compact Discs and videos to be sold on the sales floor and some of the same students are helping with Meals on Wheels at Horse Meadow Senior Center in North Haverhill.
Every Wednesday a Mt. Prospect Academy a faculty member transported at least two students to pick up meals and deliver them along one of the routes. During all this activity at the school, Life Coach Mitchell noted that it was also Spirit Week and the students and faculty were showing off team sports all day at the school.
Ms. Marcy Innes told The Bridge Weekly “that every week, Academic Career Life Coach Guy Mitchell brings students from Mount Prospect Academy to our large thrift store and donation center in Lebanon to help with a variety of tasks.”
She said the boys help move filled donation carts from outdoors into the donation center to be sorted. “This is a tremendous help to us as we have a very busy, fast-moving donation stream that requires many hands and strong back,” she said.
She noted that the boys also put hardgoods (puzzles, lamps, dishes, etc.) away on the sales floor, as well as help put clothing out on the racks and keep the store organized. She added that “We love having the Mount Prospect Academy students at the store and always look forward to seeing them.”
It was a special ceremony at the school campus, where the students were recognized for their excellent work. Presenting the awards were Academic Career Coach Guy Mitchell assisted by The Listen Center’s Marcy Innes, a Retail Volunteer Coordinator.
The students each received a Certificate of Appreciation and a chance to view the impressive gold-colored Knick Knack Award. This special statue was awarded to Life Coach Mitchell “and the students of Mount Prospect Academy for their dedicated service to our Lebanon store. With much gratitude from the entire LISTEN staff,” according to the inscription on the trophy.
Students who were honored included Grant A., Brian L., Logan P., Shane C., Kyle C., Grant A. and Lucian EG. Also participating in the awards ceremony was Kelley MacLean, a Student Transitions Specialist from New Hampshire Vocational Rehabilitation.
Life Coach Mitchell told The Bridge Weekly that Ms. Innes wanted to recognize the students for volunteering weekly at the Listen Store in Lebanon.
He said the students have several responsibilities while they are at the store, including work outside with employees while donations are being accepted. Once a cart is full, they transport the cart with all the items, that include either hard goods or soft goods(clothes).
The students also transported racks of inventory from the pricing department to the sales floor and put items on the display shelves for resale on the sales floor. They also hung clothing on the racks for sales, based on the clothing gender and size.
Some of the students have also sorted donated music Compact Discs and videos to be sold on the sales floor and some of the same students are helping with Meals on Wheels at Horse Meadow Senior Center in North Haverhill.
Every Wednesday a Mt. Prospect Academy a faculty member transported at least two students to pick up meals and deliver them along one of the routes. During all this activity at the school, Life Coach Mitchell noted that it was also Spirit Week and the students and faculty were showing off team sports all day at the school.
Ms. Marcy Innes told The Bridge Weekly “that every week, Academic Career Life Coach Guy Mitchell brings students from Mount Prospect Academy to our large thrift store and donation center in Lebanon to help with a variety of tasks.”
She said the boys help move filled donation carts from outdoors into the donation center to be sorted. “This is a tremendous help to us as we have a very busy, fast-moving donation stream that requires many hands and strong back,” she said.
She noted that the boys also put hardgoods (puzzles, lamps, dishes, etc.) away on the sales floor, as well as help put clothing out on the racks and keep the store organized. She added that “We love having the Mount Prospect Academy students at the store and always look forward to seeing them.”
The Knick Knack Award
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