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Kings Park's Maureen Rossi Named 2013 SC Woman of Distinction
Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at 12:26PM Maureen Rossi of Kings Park Named 2013 Suffolk County Woman of Distinction
Nominated by Suffolk County Legislator Lynne C. Nowick
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click on photo to enlarge(Smithtown, NY)… In recognition of Women’s History Month, at the March 19 meeting of the Suffolk County Legislature, Maureen Rossi, of Kings Parks, was recognized as the 2013 Suffolk County Woman of Distinction. She received a proclamation signed by all 18 legislators. Mrs. Rossi was nominated by Suffolk County Legislator Lynne C. Nowick, who represents the Kings Park area. Each legislator can nominate one Woman of Distinction from his/her district and one County-wide woman is then selected by the Suffolk County Women’s Advisory Commission as that year’s Suffolk County Woman of Distinction.
As young woman, Maureen Rossi started volunteering as a candy striper at a local hospital and has continued to be a volunteer throughout her life. Her volunteer activities range from volunteering on the PTA for her children’s school, to serving as a den mother for their scout troops, to coaching their athletic games, to establishing the Parent Resource Center in Kings Park, to teaching Catholic studies at St. Joseph’s School of Religion, to providing coffee and cheer to the rescue workers at Ground Zero, to founding Kings Park in the kNOw, to colleting and distributing items of necessity and clothes to the victims of Hurricane Sandy and others living at shelters. Maureen is married and has two children and is a part-time employee at The Balance Health & Wellness Center in Kings Park.
Legislator Nowick said, “It is my honor to know Maureen and I am proud to have a woman of this caliber as my constituent. She is most deserving of this recognition.”
Attending the presentation were from left to right, Chris Geed, chair of the Suffolk County Women’s Advisory Commission; Helen and Mike Ledden, Maureen’s parents; Maureen Rossi, Woman of Distinction; and Legislators Lynne C. Nowick and John M. Kennedy, Jr., who represent Smithtown.
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