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This joint resolution honors Don Lindsey for receiving the 2026 Community Volunteer recipient of the John J. Duncan Sr. Award for Senior Advocacy, an award established to recognize individuals who significantly improve the lives of seniors in the Knoxville community, similar to its namesake. The resolution highlights Mr. Lindsey's extensive volunteer work and nearly forty-year career with AAA East Tennessee, where he developed traffic safety programs and helped found the Volunteer Assisted Transportation program. It also details his crucial role in bringing the CarFit program to Knoxville, which enhances senior driving safety, and his ongoing contributions to various organizations like the Knox County Health Department's Senior Safety Task Force, AARP, and the Metro Drug Coalition, demonstrating his lifelong dedication to public service and making Knoxville a better place, especially for vulnerable seniors.

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