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Donna Benirschke

Donna, from Hammond, is currently serves Harding ES as a mentor, as Hammond Council’s second vice-president, as State BOM Field Representative. She also serves on the State legislative committee, resolutions committee, reflections committee, and member services commission.

Donna says she feels like she has been in PTA her entire life. Her parents were very involved in PTA. In 1952 her mother and friends started a PTA at a small rural school in Pulaski, IN. Her mother was their first president. As an adult she joined the PTA in 1963 when her first child entered Kindergarten. I served as membership chair and ways and means. In 1984, under the guidance of a former State PTA President, she helped Riley ES in Hammond change from a PTO to a PTA. As an advocate for children, Donna has served at the unit level as hospitality chair, substance abuse chair, legislative committee chair, ways and means chair, secretary, vice-president, president. At council level she has chaired substance abuse, legislative, hospitality, and ad book. Currently she serves as the incoming second vice president. At state level Donna has been on the State BOM for two years as a Field Rep. serving on the legislative, resolution, and member services committee.
Donna has received State Life, National Life awards. She also received the Jerry Spitzer Volunteer of the Year award from Hammond Council PTA.