EDT June 17, 2016

Westland First Citizen Diane Fritz.(Photo: LeAnne Rogers)

Through the Westland Community Foundation, Diane Fritz gets involved in fund-raising that aids a range of causes from the Salvation Army to scholarships and holiday assistance to local children.

aI like helping the less fortunate,a said Fritz, who is being honored as Westland First Citizen. After topping the civil service list, Fritz was hired full-time in the city clerkas office.

aI never left,a said Fritz, who eventually rose to the then-appointed job of city clerk which she held until she retired in 1998.

Over the years, Fritz was active in the Westland Goodfellows, served on the local YMCA board, the Westland Festival Committee board and a variety of other charitable and municipal groups.

A member of the supervisory committee at the Wayne Westland Federal Credit Union for ten years, Fritz has served on the credit union board of directors for the past three years.

Fritz has served on the Westland Community Foundation Board for 13 years.

aIave volunteered with the community foundaiton since I retired.