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2002 Lewis Savitsky Award Winner
Patricia Tarasovic
Patricia C. Tarasovic is Director of Development of Birmingham Group
Health Services, and the former Director of Valley United Way's Volunteer
Action Center (VAC). Pat created the Valley's award-winning Corporate
Volunteer Council (CVC) and High School Volunteer Council, in addition to
running the Youth Leadership Program at United Way.
Pat's community and civic involvement efforts have touched the Valley, her
home town of Oxford, the state of Connecticut, and beyond. She is a past
Director of The Connecticut Junior Women Organization where she helped
raise close to a million dollars in cash and in-kind support, and managed
62 clubs with a total of 2,000 members. She is also a past President of
the Oxford Junior Women's Club.
Pat's commitment to education is evidenced through her past presidency of
the Connecticut Association of Partners in Education, a statewide
coalition to promote community involvement in the schools. On a more local
level, Pat was a co founder of the town of Oxford's 18 year old nationally
award winning School Volunteer Program. For this accomplishment, she was
one of only two recipients of the Connecticut Education Association's
Friend of Education Award.
Pat has been involved in improving her home town's quality of life since
moving to Oxford 21 years ago. She was the co-founder of the Oxford
Cultural Arts Commission, and oversaw the building of Oxford's bandstand
and the initiation of its concert series. More recently, she co-chaired
Oxford's successful bicentennial and 350th anniversary events. She also
served on the town's Beautification Committee and several town committees.
Pat has been a driving force in the Valley's LEAD Program (now Leaderwship
Greater Valley), which trains a diverse group of community members to
serve on the Valley's nonprofit boards. She is currently Co-chair of the
Valley council's Healthy Valley initiative and is also co-chair of
Healthy Valley Education Committee which spearheaded the Community
Conversation on Education and orchestrated the Education Mini-Grants
Program. Pat was one of the Valley's All America City delegates and was
co-chair of the Valley's All America City weekend gala. Her dedication to
community service has certainly made a difference in the lives of those
she has touched through these diverse activities
Pat received the national recognition of "Woman who Make A Difference"
in the New Haven Region and also received the Greater Valley Chamber of
Commerce's Gold Seal Award.
A twenty one year resident of Oxford, she hails from Boston,
Massachusetts. She has three children: Allen-Michael, Kathleen-Elizabeth
and Nicholas-Curran. She has also has been blessed with a wonderful
husband Nicholas who is from Trumbull.
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