Clifford E. Paine Volunteerism Award

The Fennville Public School Board of Education, in its desire to provide a lasting recognition to Clifford E. Paine, Jr. for his nineteen years of dedicated service to the school district, established the Clifford E. Paine Volunteerism award in 1989. The purpose of this award is to promote the concept of community volunteerism by the students of the district, and to provide special recognition for others who may volunteer their time and talents toward the improvement of educational opportunities in the district. This is an annual award and will be presented to a member of the Fennville community who has distinguished themself through community volunteerism and/or toward the improvement of educational opportunities for students in the District.  

Nomination Process

Any person may submit the name(s) of a candidate with as much pertinent information as possible. While Board of Education members and school employees may be nominated for the Paine Volunteerism Award, they will not be eligible to be the recipient. However, they will receive notification of their nomination as well as a certificate. An individual may only receive the Paine Volunteerism Award one time. A committee, appointed by the Fennville Board of Education, will review all nominations and select the recipient. All qualified candidates shall be awarded a Certificate of Appreciation.

Nominations must be received before March 31 to be considered in that year’s selection process.

Nomination forms are also available at Central Office located at 5 Memorial Dr, Fennville MI 49408. Completed forms must be submitted to the Central Office.

Recipients

Samuel F. Morehead	1990
Donna Earl	1991
Martin "Bo" Mason	1992
Willis Mullen	1993
Robert Hutchinson	1994
Margaret Sessions	1995
Mark & Martha Schrock	1996
Betty Barnes	1997
Vincent & Frances Carver	1998
Ron Schipper	1999
Jan Landry & Kathy Morrow	2000
Al Lashell	2001
Rebecca Crane	2002
Linda Stennett	2003
Sally Bell	2004
Casandra Garpow	2005
Margaret Sessions	2006
Kelly Korman & Ray Diffenderffer	2007
Leslie Obbink	2008
Larry Morse	2009
Sarah Clark	2010
Sandy Busscher	2011
Carol Josefowicz	2012
Darlene Hollander	2013
Connee Laaksonen	2014
Kim Overhiser	2015
Joyce Bruder	2016
Jubentino Sanchez	2017
Pam Pierson	2018
Jody Martin & Leah Llmberger	2019