Winxnet colleagues and Portland residents Rebekah Michaud, Samantha Linnell and Suzanne Murphy attended the Spurwink Humanitarian gala, an event that honored the Volk family of Scarborough for its support for Mainers on the autism spectrum.

Recipients of the Spurwink 2015 Humanitarian, Dylan Volk, and his parents Amy and Derek, center, join Eric Meyer, president and CEO of Spurwink, at a reception in their honor at Portland Marriott at Sable Oaks in South Portland.

John McAnuff, chief financial officer at Spurwink, with his wife Christina at the dinner and award ceremony for the Spurwink Humanitarian 2015.

Jeff Shaw, music teacher at Spurwink and executive director of Maine Academy of Modern Music, with his wife, Aviva, sponsorship coordinator at Siddhartha School Project.

Craig Wolff, assistant U.S. attorney, joins his wife, Sara, a law professor at the University of Maine School of Law, at the Spurwink Humanitarian gala.

Dan Morin, director of Government Affairs at MaineHealth, enjoys the Spurwink gala with his wife, Jessika, a doctor at Southern Maine Health Care, Heather Hamilton of Yarmouth and Newell Augur of Augur & Associates of Augusta.

Gail and Douglas Volk, the CEO of Volk Packaging, and uncle of Derek Volk, the evening’s guest of honor.

Kristen Farnham, vice president of Development at Spurwink, joins board member and chair of the Development committee, Jess Estes at its annual gala.

All in the family: Judd and Debbie Volk of Great Neck, N.Y., Allison Isaacman of San Diego, California, and Diane and Ken Volk, proud parents of Derek, whose family was honored by Spurwink with its annual humanitarian award.

Liz Riley, who works in sales and marketing at Winxnet, joins Susan Snowden, chief consumer officer at Bangor Savings Bank, Spurwink event emcee Erin Ovalle, and Tony Mellon of Norway Savings Bank.

Elliott Pitts, left, regional fundraiser for the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, with Bob Farnham of Cross Insurance Agency and Liz Cotter Schlax, CEO of United Way of Greater Portland. Spurwink honored the Volks of Scarborough for their support for Mainers on the spectrum.

David and Kaye Flanagan of Manchester with Jack Moore of Yarmouth at the cocktail reception honoring the Volk family.

Portland residents Craig Hemond, Cynthia Curry and Jenn Garrett enjoying the Spurwink fete with nearly 400 guests in attendance.

Dana Magee, senior merchandising manager at Delhaize America, and his wife, Susan, education director at Spurwink, join Nathaniel Koonce, a Latin and Greek teacher at Thornton Academy and Gabrielle Gallucci, Spurwink’s director of Mission Impact, in celebration.