The Greater Sandpoint Chamber of Commerce honors Barb Merritt as April’s
Volunteer of the Month for her service to our community. Barb is a full-time
volunteer with a passion for making a difference which runs through every vein
in her body.
Barb
was born in Pocatello, Idaho, lived in Sandpoint as a child, and relocated back
to Sandpoint in 1996 after spending much of her life in California working in
the Title Insurance industry. Since moving back to Sandpoint, she has found a
calling in doing more than Title Insurance work by volunteering a majority of
her time with many local organizations. From the Chamber Ambassador program to
the Special Winter Olympics, she’s touched a lot of people.
The
many nonprofits she is a longtime volunteer for includes, but is not exclusive
to: Kinderhaven, Habitat For Humanity, Bird Aviation Museum, Women Honoring
Women, Pandhandle Animal Shelter, Lost In The ’50s, Special Winter Olympics,
Friends of Memorial Field and Children’s Healing Hospital.
In
October of 2011, Barb was given the Community Star award from Panhandle State
Bank because she is an outstanding Bonner County resident. Current Mayor Marsha
Ogilvie has this to say of Barb after the Community Star was awarded, “Barb has
touch so many lives and has made an incredible difference. I can’t think of anyone
who deserves this honor more than she.”
Please
join the Greater Sandpoint Chamber of Commerce in congratulating Barb Merritt
in being honored as the Volunteer of the Month and thanking her for all of her
contributions to our community. Her hard work has done a lot for so many causes
in our community. Thank you Barb!
Photo:
Barb Merritt is honored with the Volunteer of the Month award by Chamber Board
Member Barb Schriber.
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