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VIRGINIA MCKNIGHT BINGER AWARDS IN HUMAN SERVICE 8 Elsie Dugar ST. PAUL Families are important support systems. Unfortunately, some people don’t have this foundation. This is where Elsie Dugar comes in. She understands the importance of having a supportive and caring family and works vigorously to help others achieve it. “I’ve had so much love around me,” she says. “Everything that I’ve done has always led me back to helping people.” Elsie has spent 20 years with the Red Cross Emergency Social Services team helping families and individuals find the assistance they need in the areas of child protection, foster home and shelter placement, adult protection, counseling, economic assistance, and referrals. Her skills are so extensive that she is often called in to help with the Red Cross’s Crisis Response team. In addition to her work with Red Cross, Elsie is a full-time Ramsey County social worker for the Neglect Early Intervention Services. She is a long-time, active member of Mount Olivet Baptist Church and has mentored more than 50 children and young adults, encouraging them to pursue their education and helping them develop a plan to succeed. Friends describe her life as a tapestry made from threads of the many lives she has touched, lives that remain entwined with hers. Elsie’s hope: “. . . that children are safe. That they have stable lives and can meet their potential.”
THE MCKNIGHT FOUNDATION 9 “ELSIE HAS SERVED AS AN INSPIRATION NOT ONLY TO THE PEOPLE SHE HAS SERVED, BUT ALSO TO HER CO-WORKERS AND ASSOCIATES.” —Susanne Hoyt
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