Saturday, August 20, 2022
Penny Sue and Family -
My father, Tom Madden, was a dear friend of Paul Miraglia's father, Joe Miraglia, through their involvement in the Knights of Columbus.
As a kid, my dad would take me to Superior when he needed screens to be repaired or whatever...Joe always had his people do their thing right there as we waited...Joe then went out of his way to engage me and make me feel real with a soda or whatever and laid his stories on us...He refused to charge my dad, despite lengthy debate.
Little did I know that, decades later, the Superior way of being good people would re-enter my life via Paul Miraglia.
Joe had been an integral member of the South Jersey Chapter of the old National Remodelers Association (NRA)...which served its purpose as a local club.
But after I was brought in as Executive Director, scandals at the national level were uncovered by our Delegates...We voted to withdraw from the NRA and became the New Jersey Remodelers Association (NJRA).
I resolved that I would work to make the NJRA the absolute best for ethics and humanitarianism.
And it was people like Paul who helped me gain its recognition from consumer officials and media leaders as being 'the best-policed and most ethical organization of any industry in America' (from CBS Reporter Herb Denenberg, et al).
Paul was a major contributor, year in and year out, of my Operation Good Samaritan humanitarian program, for which he was continually cited...and he was just there in helping to establish our unparalleled record.
Paul Miraglia actually cared when he gave of himself to help the ripped-off and those in need...and he always never sought recognition.
To me, that is one hell of an Epitaph.
TOM MADDEN
