Thursday, June 3, 2010

Thanks to Dawn Collins for a special patriotic effort

Just a quick post to give kudos to a long-time Porter County business woman.

My hat goes off to Dawn Collins of Century 21 Executive Realty in Valparaiso, who year-after-year spends part of her Memorial Day weekend putting American flags along the parkways in town. Dawn doesn't do it alone. Usually her husband Dave, and possibly others, assist in this patriotic effort.

I know in Valparaiso's Keystone Commons the streets are lined with these flags next to mailboxes. She puts out about 1,000 of these to remind us of a day we often take for granted, but others have given their life for to protect our freedoms.

So my person of the week is Dawn Collins. Thank you, Dawn!