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‘Her service really has been inspiring’- Kendall County names Citizen of the Year · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Her service really has been inspiring. Kendall County names Citizen
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  Speaker 1: of the Year. Written by Eric Shelkoff. This article is
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  Speaker 1: being read by an automated voice brought to you by Everlett.
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  Speaker 1: As the founder of the nonprofit group Community Cares, Robin
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  Speaker 1: Vickers has worked to help families in need. For her
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  Speaker 1: efforts to help other people, the Oswego resident and former
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  Speaker 1: Kendall County Board member has been named the twenty twenty
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  Speaker 1: six Kendall County Citizen of the Year. Vickers was presented
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  Speaker 1: the award during the May nineteenth Kendall County Board meeting
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  Speaker 1: after board members approved a resolution naming her this year's
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  Speaker 1: Kendall County Citizen of the Year. Robin has shown exceptional
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  Speaker 1: dedication to the community through leadership and volunteer services. The
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  Speaker 1: resolution states, in part, Community Cares was formed at the
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  Speaker 1: start of the COVID nineteen pandemic. Between April and August
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty, volunteers from Community Cares distributed thirty thousand meals
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  Speaker 1: to Oswego School District three hundred and eight students. The
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  Speaker 1: group continues to provide backpacks and school supplies to more
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  Speaker 1: than five hundred students every year. As part of its
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  Speaker 1: Start Strong Back to School backpack program. The group also
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  Speaker 1: distributes personal care items on a monthly basis, along with
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  Speaker 1: Christmas meals and gifts. Her service really has been inspiring.
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  Speaker 1: Oswego School District three hundred and eight Superintendent andalib Calgati
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  Speaker 1: said in addressing the county board, She's been a personal
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  Speaker 1: inspiration in terms of the work she's done to ensure
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  Speaker 1: our families are taken care of, he said. Vickers served
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  Speaker 1: on the county board from twenty eighteen to twenty twenty two,
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  Speaker 1: when she decided not to run for reelection. While on
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  Speaker 1: the county Board, she chaired the Health and Environment Committee
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  Speaker 1: and Labor and Grievance Committee. Reuben Rodriguez noted while on
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  Speaker 1: the board, Vickers played a vital role in establishing the
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  Speaker 1: Kendall County Domestic Violence Response Team. Vickers is currently president
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  Speaker 1: of the Kendall County seven hundred and eight Mental Health Board.
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  Speaker 1: The board works to ensure that all residents of the
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  Speaker 1: county have equal access to a high quality, comprehensive mental
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  Speaker 1: health care delivery system. County under Sheriff Bobby Richardson called
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  Speaker 1: Vickers a mentor and a friend. I believe She's been
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  Speaker 1: an inspiration to everyone she's ever had contact with, and
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  Speaker 1: many of you who sit on the board here today
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  Speaker 1: can attest to that, he said. Oswego Village board member
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  Speaker 1: Karen Novy spoke about vickers passion for the community. Her
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  Speaker 1: passion for our community has rubbed off on me. Novie said,
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  Speaker 1: I think this award is so justly deserved. This is
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  Speaker 1: the fourth year the Kendall County Board has presented a
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  Speaker 1: Citizen of the Year award.