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Meet Sarah Pettigrew, a Wyandotte Woman of the Year

Women of Wyandotte is honoring 10 women during a Feb. 18 gala at the Wyandotte Arts Center.

Ten Wyandotte women are being honored as a Woman of the Year by , a nonprofit group that aims to empower women to excel.

The honorees will be recognized during at the .

Each day leading up to the event, Wyandotte Patch will introduce you to one of the honorees. Event organizers opted to share only a small portion of each woman's story, saying they wanted to reveal the rest at their gala.

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Today, we introduce you to Sarah Pettigrew:

Sarah is married to Doug and the couple has three children, Eliana, Adia and Tovah. Sarah works as an English professor at Henry Ford Community College. She belongs to and is the chairwoman of , a soup kitchen that operates out of the church. She also recently organized a roaming help center that provides shelter to those in need.

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"Nominated for her endless community volunteerism, Sarah is the quiet storm in our community," her nominator said.

Meet the Other Honorees:


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