Letter: Compassion, service describe candidate

Naperville is often ranked among the best places to live in America. A status like this can only be accomplished by people like Josh McBroom. Josh has been a member of the Naperville community for over 20 years, and I am proud to call him a friend, mentor and fellow Naperville parent who I know is capable of balancing his family life while caring and successfully espying the needs of every family of every dynamic in Naperville.

Josh has always been an active coach in kids sports, is president of the KidsMatter Board, served on the Linden Oaks board, was a Naperville park board commissioner and supports not-for-profit organizations such as A Special Place ("ASP") that focuses on enriching and enhancing the lives of special needs individuals and their families.

I have worked with Josh on several civic endeavors over the years as being an independent mental health advocate myself, and his empathy, compassion and knowledge of Naperville and his concern for putting the safety and well-being of others at the forefront, especially children, makes him abundantly qualified to serve on the Naperville City Council.

Choosing Josh would be putting a gift in Naperville's lap. He has a tremendous card catalog of resources and experience just by years of volunteerism and he has a noble character that allows him to serve the capacity of a large community such as Naperville because of his devoted expertise as a father of three boys and being a husband to a wife who has a background in Special Education.

I have the confidence of being a mother of two, mental health advocate and longtime acquaintance of Josh to ask all of you to please join me in supporting Josh McBroom for Naperville City Council.

Heather Jurkowski

Naperville