Recognition and Awards
2023 Myra Kraft Community MVP Award
“Twenty-five of those volunteers and non-profits received $10,000, with Ann Dagle of the Brian Dagle Foundation earning the grand prize of $25,000.
“We were just honored to be awarded as one of the recipients,” said Dagle.
“But then we got the big award, the grand prize — I don’t have many words. I’m just speechless, but I am honored and humbled to receive these with all these other wonderful people.”
In November of 2011, her 19-year-old son Brian died by suicide.
When she couldn’t find a local support group that suited her needs after his passing, she decided to fill that gap in her East Lyme, Connecticut community.
Established in 2014, the Brian Dagle Foundation offers more than 10 support groups with between 60 and 80 people attending each one through referrals from physicians. The organization also provides education and training on suicide awareness and prevention, and Ann receives no salary for her full-time efforts.
“It’s just amazing,” Dagle said. “We’ve been doing this for nine years and it’s a labor of love. It’s in honor of my son, and we wanted to go for this because he loved the Patriots, so this was for Brian.””
Read more via Patriots.com at https://www.patriots.com/news/patriots-celebrate-26-winners-for-2023-myra-kraft-community-mvp-awards
2023 CT Sports Media Alliance Bob Casey Courage Award
To recognize extraordinary courage, the Alliance presents the Bob Casey Courage Award in honor of the former New Haven Register sportswriter and public relations director for the NHL’s Hartford Whalers, who passed away due to cancer in 1994.
The Brian Dagle Foundation was honored for the LAX2LIVE program’s work to raise awareness of suicide among student athletes and encourage students to always look for hope.
2019 Eastern CT Chamber of Commerce & Sava Cares Guided by the Heart Award
