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This resolution honors Greg O'Connor, a Knoxville resident who was named the 2025 Community Volunteer recipient of the John J. Duncan Sr. Award for Senior Advocacy, recognizing his extensive community service and commitment to helping others. The resolution highlights O'Connor's fifty-one-year legal career and his significant contributions to local organizations, including serving for twenty-five years at the John T. O'Connor Senior Center, where he was board chairman six times and helped organize key fundraising events like the O'Connor Open golf tournament and Pancake Breakfast. It also commends his work with Immaculate Conception Church's Fish Program, Family Promise (which assists homeless families), and Justice Knox (an organization addressing racial injustice), emphasizing his dedication to supporting vulnerable community members and making Knoxville a better place. The resolution praises O'Connor's lifelong commitment to service, describing him as someone who has left an indelible mark on the community through his belief in giving back and his desire to improve the lives of others, ultimately resolving to honor and congratulate him for his compassionate and devoted service to God and humanity.

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