Carol Eubank innovated Woman of the Year

BJ Marketing Communications Department retiree Carol Eubank received the 2018 Women’s History Project’s Woman of the Year Award Wednesday in the innovation category.

Carol Eubank

It’s an early birthday present. She was born March 26.

The Women’s History Project web site didn’t specify what Carol innovated to get the award. But she has been extremely busy since her retirement from Ol’ Blue Walls at 44 E. Exchange Street.

Other 2018 winners are:

Janice Stahl – Inspiration

Lashawrida L. Fellows – Perseverance

Kathy Schedley Pingstock – Courage

Allyson Strickland – Woman to Watch

Lanie Ward – Integrity

Carla Weiss – Faith

Woman of the Year Awards celebrate women who have made a difference in the community.

In Carol’s case, she has been involved in the Green Historical Society and its preservation work.

Carol, a 1957 Coventry High grad, lives in Portage Lakes, where she also is a key player in the Portage Lakes Historical Society.

Carol is active in the Portage Lakes Kiwanis Club. She wrote portagelakesopoly, a game, for the Kiwanis.

I crossed paths with Carol several years ago at the Greystone, the building in downtown Akron constructed for the Masons that is a venue for entertainment and other activities.

When BJ retirees pop into Summit County from their retirement hideaways, Carol usually is involved with planning parties or dinners for the homecoming reunions.

Former BJ home writer Mary Beth Breckenridge, who was there to witness Carol receiving the award, shares Carol's March 26 birthday.  Mary Beth began working for Howard Hanna Real Estate after her departure from Ol’ Blue Walls.

Marketing manager Sue Lindeman, Carol’s good friend, also attended the awards ceremony.

Carol also, befitting her name, usually is around when BJ types go Christmas caroling.

In other words, she’s woman of the year every year.