
A Quest
to End Poverty…
Peg Delegato and her gift of giving
Words: Amy Bell
Picture: Whitney Patton
For most of her life, Margaret (Peg)
anyone can come close to pulling it off,
Born and raised in Detroit, Peg says
for me was the best of times, but for some,
Peg graduated from high school in
me if I worked hard, I could become the
Planting Seeds
After high school, Peg considered a
time that more seeds were being planted
changed career plans and ended her
on a job at a credit union that offered her
pushed me towards fur thering my
the ladder at the credit union to a manager
to paycheck, and many suffered as the
At the time, racial tensions were high in
more about the plight of the people, I
burned with the passion of wanting to help
here that community leadership became
paramount in my life—and it was here that
During her time with Focus Hope, Peg
skills, but most importantly, she learned
Florida Philanthropy
she decided to go back to school and
Community College and then transferred
Lord that I would do what I could to help
taught a Sunday morning preschool for
participated in Reading Pals at a number
of local elementary schools, including
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