Meet One of Stow's Most Patriotic Poll Workers
Betty Destafano has been volunteering at the polls for 25 years and almost every piece of clothing she is wearing is red, white and blue.
Stow resident Betty Destafano got a call 25 years ago asking her to volunteer at the polls, but she said she wishes she had started 25 years before that. The almost 70-year-old is helping out on election day for the 25th time. Destafano says she's very patriotic and it shows. Nearly every piece of clothing and every accessory she had on while working at a table at the Akron-General Health and Wellness Center had a flag on it or was red, white and blue. "I'm very patriotic — I stand for freedom," a smiling Destafano said. On Tuesday she was wearing flag socks, shoes, shirt, jacket, glasses, buttons and jewelry — including a flag watch and a ruby, sapphire and diamond ring. "My friends give me red, white and blue flag things all the time…
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