Wolf Den Hero: Amazing Mom Selflessly Serving Community for Years

The Wolf Den of Heroes has returned for 2025 and we look forward to celebrating a first responder you know, be sure to nominate someone today.

The Wolf Den of Heroes Honors First Responders Every Month

Each month, The Wolf teams up with Mid Hudson Pump and MHA of Dutchess County to select one of our area's first responders to be inducted into the Wolf Den of Heroes from among everyone you have nominated. 

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Take a moment to tell us about a first responder you know. Nominate them to be inducted into the Wolf Den of Heroes. Tell us their story and why you believe they deserve to be recognized for their efforts in our community.

Wolf Den Hero Inductee for February 2025: Rachel Bourne

If you have yet to nominate someone be sure to do so after you read more about our February 2025 Wolf Den of Heroes Inductee: Rachel Bourne who was nominated by Deidre O'Hara-Lansing.

Here is what Diedre Told us about Rachel:

Rachel started as an EMT in 2007 as a Volunteer. She also worked full-time in commercial EMS. In 2010 she became a Paramedic. Over the years she has achieved many certifications and became a CPR instructor.

Wife and Mother of two Inducted into the Wolf Den of Heroes

She has spent countless hours missing family events, to assist in the community she helped with everything from childbirths and cardiac arrest. Rachel is also a married mother of two. In 2022 she became a 911 Dispatcher for the City of Poughkeepsie while still being an active paramedic. In June she was recognized for providing CPR instructions to a male in cardiac arrest and made it to the hospital alive.

She is an amazing role model for her son and daughter. She works hard and is dedicated to her work providing service to the general public. Rachel is extremely selfless and goes above and beyond in both lines of duty, as a medic and a dispatcher. Her coworkers have called her the "calm voice in the dark" many times.

Nominate A First Responder for the Wolf Den of Heroes

If you want to nominate a first responder in your life, fill out the form on our website. Be sure to take a minute to share some information about the First Responder you are nominating and please feel free to send us a picture or two. We look forward to putting a spotlight on someone you know.

Thanks to our partners at Mental Health America Dutchess County and Mid Hudson Pump we will be able to honor more people throughout 2025. MHA of Dutchess County and Mid Hudson Pump make it possible for us to give the responder who becomes the Wolf Den Inductee $250 as a way of saying thank you.