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File #: 4951-09    Version: 1 Name: Certificates of Recognition honoring Marie Tortorice, Beatrice Dykes, Paulette Bradford and Nakia Reddick for receiving Hats Off to Mom awards from Sisters Place.
Type: Proclamation Status: Read & Filed
File created: 6/16/2009 In control: County Council
On agenda: Final action: 6/16/2009
Title: Certificates of Recognition honoring Marie Tortorice, Beatrice Dykes, Paulette Bradford and Nakia Reddick for receiving Hats Off to Mom awards from Sisters Place.
Sponsors: Joan Cleary
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Certificates of Recognition honoring Marie Tortorice, Beatrice Dykes, Paulette Bradford and Nakia Reddick for receiving Hats Off to Mom awards from Sisters Place.

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Allegheny County Council is honored to present this Certificate of Recognition to Mrs. Beatrice Dykes for receiving the Hats Off to Mom Award from Sisters Place, Inc. At the Morningstar Baptist Church, Beatrice serves as the church mother: a highly respected role that benefits the Clairton and church community. Her unyielding care was shown in her long-term commitment to the Clairton Meals on Wheels Program, which she helped to establish. . Her service has undoubtedly impacted the Clairton community, and we hope others in the County will mirror Beatrice's efforts to better our neighborhoods.

Allegheny County Council is honored to present this Certificate of Recognition to Ms. Marie Tortorice for receiving the Hats Off to Mom Award from Sisters Place, Inc. Although the award is given posthumously, Marie's fine examples of her community service and her dedication to her family are honored by Sisters Place and, now, by us. Her unyielding care was shown in her activity in the Clairton community and St. Clare of Assisi Catholic Church, where she was president of the Women's Guild and active in the Home Bound Ministry. Her memory will undoubtedly live on in her family and the lives that she touched. We honor Marie's life and wish the best to her family.

Allegheny County Council is honored to present this Certificate of Recognition to Nakia Reddick for receiving the Hats Off to Mom Award from Sisters Place, Inc. Nakia and her family have been residents of Sisters Place since 2001. Since then, Nakia has focused her efforts to better her personal and family life. In conjunction with these endeavors, she has recently finished classes to become a nursing assistant - a position that we commend because she will be helping those in need. Nakia's dedication to improving herself and her famil...

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