Introducing Our Next Honorees for The 20 Of 2020 AwarDs Ceremony

Steve Paul

Introducing honoree - Steve Paul! Paul's official title is president and CEO of the Northwest North Pole Adventures (NNPA).

The nonprofit that Steve created puts on an annual event for children. The Fantasy Flights have brought 60-some Spokane-area needy kids and their elves to the North Pole each year to visit Santa courtesy of the nonprofit, Alaska Airlines and the employees who have helped arrange and participate in the actual flights. Unfortunately the event wasn't able to be held in 2020.

His board agreed to provide an equal allocation of $2500 to each of the four agencies that choose the children who would normally participate. The agencies created their own events this year since the normal flight couldn't happen and Paul made sure that the orphans and foster kids still had a special holiday season.

We can't wait to hear more about this flight to the North Pole when we connect with him at the awards! Thank you Steve!

Sharon Bloome

Introducing our next honoree - Sharon Bloome! Sharon is well known for her work behalf of the community and the environment since moving to the Northwest in 1984.

She began by co-founding Heart of America Northwest, which became the leading citizens' watchdog group for the cleanup of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation.

As national board member of the American Jewish World Service (AJWS), Sharon was a major force behind the creation of its Seattle Chapter. She also was one of the founders of the Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life (COEJL), which is the Jewish Member of the National Religious Partnership for the Environment, started by Sen. Al Gore and Carl Sagan.

We can't to learn at the award ceremony! Congratulations Sharon.