ACTION event tonight honors 7 community leaders

YOUNGSTOWN

For as long as she can remember, Sharon Ragan has never vacillated regarding her career choice.

“I was meant to be a teacher,” said Ragan, who’s been in the profession 23 years. “I knew this since I was a little girl.”

What Ragan couldn’t fathom then, however, was that she would be named the Youngstown City School District’s 2011-12 Teacher of the Year.

For that and other accomplishments, Ragan was one of seven winners of the Frances Kerpsack Humanitarian Award during Tuesday’s 10th annual ACTION fundraiser banquet in Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish Hall, 343 Via Mount Carmel Drive.

Several hundred elected officials, educators, community leaders and others attended Tuesday’s yearly dinner, which is ACTION’s only community fundraiser.

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