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…
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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 ›