PA FEDERATION OF DEMOCRATIC WOMEN - SUSAN RUTT, PRESIDENT 2008 ended on a sad note in Pennsylvania as we learned of the passing of Pennsylvania's Lieutenant Governor, Catherine Baker Knoll. She was the first woman elected to that office, and she was a loyal and certainly the most prominent member of our State Federation. She will be missed by her many friends in the PFDW. For about the last 18 years, the PFDW has honored an Outstanding Elected Democratic Woman each year. Usually, it is presented to a statewide officeholder; occasionally to an officeholder on the local level. In 2008, we decided to present more awards to Outstanding Elected Democratic Women chosen from their own districts by their own clubs, with each of our 18 districts having the opportunity to select one. Fourteen districts responded, and on November 23 we honored the following dedicated and respected Democratic women officeholders from all across the state, representing all levels of government: CHESTER COUNTY COMMISSIONER KATHY COZZONE (1); On November 22, 2009, we hope to be honoring 18 additional outstanding Democratic Women holding office who will again be selected by their local organizations. Another new program this year will be to present a Certificate of Achievement to those local Clubs who met various criteria during 2008, such as paying their dues on time, attending our State Convention, having an article printed in our newsletter, and inviting an officer or regional director to their club during the year. The awards will be presented to qualifying Club Presidents at our 2009 State Convention, which is being held in Lancaster from June 11 to 14. Pennsylvania looks forward to hosting the Eastern Region of the NFDW in Philadelphia in early April. We also plan to have a large group of attendees at the NFDW convention in San Juan in May. For more information about the PFDW, please go to www.pfdw.org.
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