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Each month, Glen Ellyn and Wheaton Patch look to feature extraordinary local people. We're confident that there are many great, unsung people that we don't know about because they're not in the public spotlight. Please nominate someone in the community who you think is doing great things, altruistically or otherwise. Let us know why they deserve recognition as a great resident and person, and we will write a story about him or her.For nearly a decade, Kathryn Keller has volunteered her spare time to help countless individuals she will likely never meet. Keller, a Glen Ellyn resident, works for free at least 10 hours every week at Ten Thousand Villages. It looks like any other storefront in downtown Glen Ellyn but its business model is quite different from the other neighboring stores. The shop, located on Pennsylvania Avenue, imports handmade items from artisans around the world and all the proceeds go to support those craft workers in need. Most of the artisans have varying disabilities that make it difficult to …
