Boston Globe 6/13/10: Neighbor brigade. In 2002, Pam Washek and Jean Seiden of Wayland were both diagnosed with cancer in 2002. Washek was lucky to only have the support of Seiden, but also the assistance of other friends, family, and community members who drove her daughters — ages 4, 10, and 12 — to school, soccer, and Girl Scouts, and delivered meals according to a schedule organized by Seiden. After her treatment ended in 2003, Washek decided to help others who didn’t have such luxuries. With the support of Seiden, whose cancer would return and take her life in 2006, Washek established the Wayland Angels Food Network to provide an easily duplicated meal chain model benefiting families in temporary crisis due to illness or injury. The organization, which was recently renamed Neighbor Brigade after attaining nonprofit status, continues to recruit chapter leaders throughout Massachusetts and New Hampshire.