The
Greater Sandpoint Chamber of Commerce honored Jim Payne as May’s Volunteer of
the Month for his service to our community and many of our non-profit
organizations. Jim has been a teacher/professor/researcher at many higher
education institutions, including Yale, John Hopkins and Wesleyan, and
voluntarism and volunteer groups has been one of his top areas of research and
writing interest for the longest time.
Watch Jim accept his award, click here>>
Watch Jim accept his award, click here>>
Jim’s
presence in Sandpoint area organizations is large. In 2001, he founded and
published the ‘Directory of Voluntary Organizations in Sandpoint Area’ which
shined a great light on the number of non-profit and volunteer organizations in
our area, totaling well over 100. You can still view the online working
directory at www.sandpointvoluntaryorganizations.com.
He
is currently President of the Sandpoint Teen Center which he has been a board
member of since 2008, founded the Sandpoint Educational Opportunity
scholarships in 1999 which he is still the director of, board member of the
Sandpoint Committee on Television Awareness, a tenor of the North Idaho
Chorale/Pend Oreille Chorale and member of the First Lutheran Church Choir.
Other organizations Jim has been involved in includes the Unicorn Theatre
Players, Friends of the Shelter and Habitat for Humanity.
Please
join the Greater Sandpoint Chamber of Commerce in congratulating Jim Payne for
being honored as the Volunteer of the Month and thanking him for all of his
contributions to our community. Jim’s hard work has done a lot for many organizations
in our community. From the Greater Sandpoint Chamber, as well as the whole
community, Thank You!
Photo:
Jim Payne accepts his award with Chamber Board Member Justin Dick.
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