Long-time McHenry County resident and community
leader Gloria Van Hof of Crystal Lake has announced her candidacy
for County Board District 2 in the April Democratic Primary election. Her campaign kick-off event will be
held this Sunday, from 1 to 3 pm at Lou Malnati’s Pizzeria,
8515 Redtail Drive, Lakewood.
The event will feature food and refreshments,
a cash bar, and original original stories by Emmy Award-winning
storyteller, Jim May. Campaign donations are welcome and signatures
on Gloria’s and other Democrats’ nominating petitions will be collected. Mask and proof of Covid-19 vaccination
are required.
I have been proud to know and work
with Gloria for almost 40 years including our years as co-hosts of the
old Diversity Day Festival on Woodstock Square. I have admired her wide range of
interests and been impressed by her community and professional
experience and commitments. Endorsing
her for the newly redistricted Board seat is one of the easiest things
I have ever done.
Van Hof said in an announcement of her
campaign:
I would like to note that while I’ve been involved as a community
activist for many years, I do not consider myself a politician. I’m a mom,
teacher, writer, previous business-owner, licensed Nursing Home Administrator
who has worked in long-term care for the past 18 years, a McHenry County Merit
Commissioner since 2001, a member of the Tree of Life Unitarian Universalist
Congregation, a member of the Friends of MCC Foundation Board, an Underground
Railroad researcher and lecturer, a volunteer for numerous groups, a Crystal
Lake citizen and an Alabama native who has lived in McHenry County since 1976.
I chose to plant my roots here, raise my children here, write a column
for the local paper, volunteer in the schools and the community, host a cable
TV show called “People You Should Know in McHenry County,” conduct the county’s
first Underground Railroad tour in 1993 in association with the McHenry County
Community Arts Council and McHenry County College
I would like the opportunity to serve on the McHenry County Board
because I believe I can help make positive contributions to the county where I
have lived for the past 46 years. Like you, I want to see McHenry County grow
and prosper. By serving on the County Board, I believe I can help to improve communication,
transparency, diplomacy, economic vitality, community identity and effective
management of our resources.
The county has demonstrated a great example of collaborative
problem-solving by partnering with social agencies to address the mental health
crisis that we face as a nation, and the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office has
done an excellent job of enhancing their public persona to demonstrate their
effectiveness as law enforcement professionals and also as caring and
compassionate civil servants.
As a board member, I will bring fresh perspectives, positive
approaches and creative ideas to the McHenry County Board using my experience
of planning, leadership, fiscal and budgetary responsibility, working with
regulatory agencies and collaboration with individuals from diverse
backgrounds. My passion, which is demonstrated from my track record of the work
I’ve done in the community and in my various careers, is to bring people
together, work towards a common goal, focus on a positive vision and make
decisions that demonstrate integrity, creativity, compassion, and care for the
constituents we serve.
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