THE YELM BUSINESS ASSOCIATION
715 Yelm Ave E ∙ Suite 1 ∙ Yelm ∙ Washington ∙ 98597
Tel (360) 960-8366 ∙ Fax (360) 350-5627
www.yelmbusiness.org
June 9, 2015
City Council
The Hon. Ron Harding
c/o City of Yelm
105 Yelm Ave. West
Yelm, WA 98597
The Honorable Mayor Harding and members of the Yelm City Council,
The Yelm Business Association hereby recommends that the new Yelm community center be named The Kathy Wolf Memorial Community Center. Kathy Wolf was an outstanding member of the Yelm community and deserves to be recognized for her many years of dedication and contribution to our city.
Kathy worked as a Yelm elementary school teacher for 37 years, where she was instrumental in creating a strong remedial reading program and in bringing Kindergarten to the Yelm Schools. She led a Cub Scout troop, and was very involved as a 4H Leader for the Prairie Wranglers.
In 1984, Kathy was appointed to the Yelm City Council. She served on the Council until 1993, when she became the Mayor of Yelm. As a rapidly growing city, Yelm benefited from her work. Kathy was instrumental in helping to develop Yelm’s Vision Plan and in making Yelm one of the first cities in Washington to reclaim and reuse 100 percent of its waste water.
Kathy also served on several local non-profit Boards, including the Thurston County Fair, the Nisqually River Council, Capital Medical Center, the Thurston County Economic Development Council, the Briggs Y.M.C.A., and the South Puget Sound College Foundation.
Her many honors include P.T.A. Golden Acorn Award, the J.T. Quigg Trustee Award from the Thurston County Economic Development Council, the Yelm Citizen of the Year, the Woman of the Year from the Pacific Peaks Girl Scout Council, and the Distinguished Service award from Yelm Community Schools.
Kathy and her husband Bob were also involved in starting and supporting the Yelm Dollars for Scholars program.
Indeed, the strong leadership, involvement, and inspiration that Kathy Wolf brought to the Yelm community came at a critical time in Yelm’s history, and for that reason, the Yelm Business Association proudly recommends that the new Yelm Community Center be dedicated in her name.
Sincerely,
The Yelm Business Association
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