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Person Of The Year

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Person of the Year: Sue Kelley Devoted to Making Community A Better Place for Seniors

In addition to organizing seasonal efforts to connect volunteers with seniors who need help with upkeep of their homes, Sue Kelley has spent much of her career helping older people.

Sue Kelley says she remembers seeing her grandmother in a nursing home, and thinking — there has to be a better way. In heading up local initiatives and devoting much of her consulting business to advocating for older people in the Milwaukee area, the Shorewood resident has taken to the responsibility she says we have as a society to provide a better environment for our seniors.  “Why I do it is more about who I am, and what I believe in,” Kelley says.  Among nearly 20 names submitted to Shorewood Patch to be our Person of the Year, Kelley was nominated five times, and was the only person to be nominated more than once. Kelley heads the Shorewood Connects project, which among other goals enhances the ability of older residents to remain in…

Stacy Barnes

11:20 am on Friday, January 4, 2013

Congratulations Sue!! You deserve this recognition and a whole lot more. You are an inspiration to us all. Thank you for everything you do. Stacy Barnes   more ›

Thursday, December 6, 2012

Nominate Shorewood's Person of the Year

Shorewood Patch is taking nominations for volunteers and other people who are doing positive things in the community.

It's the end of the year, and Shorewood Patch has had the privilege of meeting some amazing people, doing great things.  We told you stories of Shorewood High School's Alexis Beverly realizing her dream of providing a teen workshop to help fellow girls find the beauty within, Gretchen Mead putting Milwaukee on the map in a national competition with her innovative idea to further cultivate urban gardening in Milwaukee, the retirement of Barbara Gensler, who devoted more than 40 years to making the high school's drama department world-renowned and high school students putting on their annual Buzz Cuts for Cancer to benefit the MACC Fund. The list goes on and on.  But this December, we'd like your help in determining the Shorewood person of …

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