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In recognition of Patti Evelyn Culp Ongaro for her years of tireless service and dedication to the Hilltop Community on her 70th Birthday
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WHEREAS Patti Culp grew up on the Hilltop, graduated from West High School and married classmate Tom Ongaro, Patti Ongao dedicated herself to raising a family and became an enthusiastic supporter of the Hilltop community; and
WHEREAS Patti Ongaro worked as a coordinator of the English As A Second Language program, directed Columbus Literacy centers and served as a board member for the Columbus Literacy Council; and
WHEREAS Patti Ongaro served as a member of the Columbus Area Refugee Task Force and the Library of Franklin County Literacy Task Force; and
WHEREAS Patti Ongaro has been recognized by the Columbus Literacy Council and Ohio State University for "tutoring international visitors, immigrants and refugees for more than 20 years"; and
WHEREAS Patti Ongaro was the recipient of the Outstanding Volunteer of the Year award from the International Voluntary Organization and the Columbus Chapter of the United Nations Association for "outstanding contributions toward international understanding and world peace in the Columbus community"; and
WHEREAS Patti Ongaro was a volunteer walk coordinator for the Buckeye Wanderfreunde Volksmarch Club for several years; and
WHEREAS Patti Ongaro demonstrated unselfish dedication to the betterment of the Hilltop community as a founding member of the Hilltop Historical Society, the Greater Hilltop Community Development Corporation and the Greater Hilltop Area League for the Arts. Patti also was a member of the 1992 Celebration Committee - Hilltop USA, chairperson for the Hilltop USA Public Book committee and volunteered for the M.E. Jack Sensenbrenner Memorial on the Hilltop. Patti was also nominated for Hilltop's Woman of Character award; and
WHEREAS Patti Ongaro is an avid gardener and her own gardens were included in several tours by the Columbus Parks and Recreation's Open Garden tours, the Westgate Kiwanis Hilltop USA Garden tours and volunteered at the Gantz Park herb gardens; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
That Patti Evelyn Culp Ongaro be recognized and commended for her years of dedication to the Hilltop Community and the residents of the City of Columbus on, this, her 70th Birthday.