Thursday, April 14, 2005

Esslinger wins award

Congratulations are in order for Oshkosh City Councilman Paul Esslinger. He has been selected to receive the 2004 Verl Franz Distinguished Leadership Award, given by the Oshkosh Committee on Aging.

Each year this award honors an individual who has taken a significant leadership role in an organization whose primary goal is serving the Aging population of Oshkosh and who has demonstrated concern for/interest in areas of support or assistance to the Aging population.

In a letter from Susan Kreibich, aging services manager for the City of Oshkosh and staff to the Oshkosh Committee on Aging, she stated that "it was very clear to the Awards Committee of the Oshkosh Committee on Aging that you deserve this award."

Paul will be presented with his award at the annual Taste of the Town event sponsored by the Oshkosh Seniors Center on April 26. In addition to receiving a small plaque, Paul's name will be engraved on a plaque that hangs in the main facility of the Oshkosh Seniors Center.

Congratulations to Paul for this very distinguished honor. Like a true leader and wonderful role model - one we should all try to emulate - Paul goes about his humanitarian efforts silently, not doing them for recognition or to get his name in lights. He does them because he wants to and because he truly cares. One of the biggest recipients of the "quiet" contributions Paul makes has always been the Oshkosh Seniors Center. The Oshkosh Committee on Aging has made a wonderful selection in Paul Esslinger to receive this award.

Congratulations, Paul! You are well-deserved of this award. You not only help set the standard by which so many others should try to live their lives, you help define it by virtue of your everyday actions. Thank you for all you do for this community - past, present and future!

Cheryl Hentz
Resident, City of Oshkosh

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