TRIBUTES
LETTER FROM FRED STIMLER
March 6, 2006
Arlene Virga
Executive Director
Yorkville Youth Athletic Association
Arlene,
Please accept my sincerely best wishes and
good thoughts in honor of your ten years of service to the Yorkville
community. Your vision of what the organization could be and your efforts
to achieve that vision should inspire everyone! Congratulations !!
In the early days - those days of
transition to your leadership - were very rewarding - for both of us. You
were willing to take risks and fight battles not for your own benefit, but
for the entire Yorkville community. You dreamed from the first days about
growing the programs beyond the few hundred children served for many years
so that many more children of the neighborhood would benefit.
Your vision is clear. Your leadership is
inspired. And you brought a great group of parents along with you -
training them that sportsmanship and community was more important than
individual objectives. Best yet - you continue to achieve great things -
again, my most sincere congratulations.
I am sure that good-hearted Harold Gibson
is smiling from beyond, as I am from Jacksonville. Every time I talk about
my 25 years in Manhattan (and Yorkville) I smile about the smartest move I
ever made - replace myself with you !! Have a great future !
Fred Stimler
Jacksonville, FL
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