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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
HONORING DONNA SCANLAN, VILLAGE OF POSEN
WHEREAS, Donna Scanlan has been married to husband Steve for thirty-one years, and they have three grown children and four grandchildren; and
WHEREAS, Donna attended local schools in the Palos/Orland Park area; and
WHEREAS, Donna was bullied as a child, grew up in a time where civil and women's rights were explosive; and
WHEREAS, Donna has always stood up for the underdog which got her into a lot of fights; and
WHEREAS, Donna worked over ten years for a major food and drug company in Security Systems and later challenged the food and drug store chain for sex discrimination. Afterwards she went to school to pursue her dream of becoming a firefighter/paramedic; and
WHEREAS, in 1997, Donna graduated Valedictorian (receiving the only A in the class) from Christ Hospital and Medical Center Paramedic School; and
WHEREAS, in 1998, at the age of forty Donna was hired by the Posen Fire Department, as a paramedic , where she immediately enrolled in the District Two Fire Academy and became a firefighter; and
WHEREAS, Donna was promoted through the years to the current rank of Lieutenant; and
WHEREAS, in May 2003 Lieutenant Donna Scanlan and a crew of five Posen Fireman rescued a family of five from a burning building and received the State of Illinois Fire Fighting Medal of Honor from the State of Illinois; and
WHEREAS, in 2008, Lieutenant Scanlan implemented a program for the Village of Posen to inspect all businesses and residential properties bringing them up to code; and
WHEREAS, in 2010 Lieutenant Scanlan created the Junior Fire Academy, a summer week- long event so that children could see if they wanted to become a firefighter; and
WHEREAS, In August 2016, a call came across the radio for physic evaluation which Lieutenant Scanlan heard from her car radio. Arriving at the scene, she sees a young woman and a little girl that was very upset, trying to be of help before the ambul...
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