Tiburon Special Olympian honored for 35 years of service at Safeway
Tiburon resident Patrick Hulsbus, a Special Olympics medalist who once summited Mount Kilimanjaro, is a familiar face to just about everyone who regularly shops at the Strawberry Village Safeway.
“At least half the customers make the point to come up to him,” says front-end manager Kathy Monge.
With 35 years under his belt, it’s no wonder why.
In November, the 57-year-old Hulsbus was honored with the Lifehouse Agency’s personal-achievement award, which it gives annually to two of the 375 people it serves for going above and beyond to reach a milestone in their lives.
“It takes a real concentration and effort to achieve, and we feel like 35 years of employment is pretty outstanding,” says Ann Elias, the chief development officer for Lifehouse, a Marin-based nonprofit that supports people with developmental disabilities.
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