Pam Dickson, the longtime executive director of Mission Northeast, was recently honored for her work in the community as she begins retirement.

Two-minute impact

Dickson, who has served with the nonprofit since 2009, was honored with the Hometown Hero Award at the Greater East Montgomery County Chamber luncheon on June 4. The award was accompanied by presentations from the offices of U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Kingwood, and Montgomery County Precinct 4 Commissioner Matt Gray proclaiming June 4 as Pam Dickson Day.

Quotes of note
  • "It's just overwhelming, I just feel so grateful to all of you," Dickson said during the award presentation. "I've been with Mission Northeast now for 19 of the 30 years that Mission Northeast has been in existence so leaving it, of course, is greatly emotional to me. I'm not really retiring so much as renewing, refreshing, reinventing myself ... so I will be seeing y'all."
  • "Pam ... you have been such a staple in this community," Gray said during the award presentation. "Thank you for helping all the people who sometimes are unable to help themselves. Making sure they have clothes on their back, food in their bellies—all the little kids and the older people and people that just needed you—you were there. Thank you for touching this community."
About the organization

Mission Northeast is a nonprofit social services organization based in New Caney that provides food, clothing and household items to those in need. The organization also offers a slate of wraparound services for clients including job training, adult GED and ESL classes, and non-denominational chapel services, among others.


Mission Northeast began as a small church pantry in Kingwood in 1995 before moving to its current location in New Caney in 2000, according to information on the nonprofit's website.

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What's next

Following Dickson's retirement in late May, Tricia Bledsoe has taken over as Mission Northeast's new executive director.