We have sad news. One of our leaders, Pat Clark, passed away in late August. As many of you know, Pat was a past President of PCOC and was very active in the association for many years. His unmistakable smile and caring nature will be sorely missed.

Pat's family held a beautiful service that was filled with heartwarming memories and special requests from Pat. Pat was instrumental in the formation of our Educational Foundation. It was something that he was deeply passionate about. Before Pat passed away, he donated $150,000 to our PCOC Educational Foundation. In the early months of 2021, Pat was nominated for the Harvey Logan Lifetime Achievement Award.

As you know, we typically present these awards at our Annual Convention in June but since we were going to have our first in person meeting in September, we held off presenting it to Pat. Pat passed away before we were able to present this award to him. We were honored to have Pat's wife, Penny, his son, Sean, his daughter, Erin, and his brother, Jim join us to accept the award at our Reception. Our hearts and prayers go out to the Clark Family as they mend from their loss.

PCOC Educational Foundation is honoring his memory by naming the top awarded scholarship each year the Annual Pat Clark Award.