JIM DIGIOVANNI IS BEING HONORED AT THE UNION TOWNSHIP CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 60TH ANNUAL DINNER DANCE & INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS AT THE GALLOPING HILL INN, UNION, NEW JERSEY ON APRIL 10, 2015. JIM HAS BEEN SELECTED TO RECEIVE THE PRESTIGIOUS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE JAMES T. SCHAEFER DISTINGUISHED CIVIC SERVICE AWARD; AND
JIM IS A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF UNION AND A GRADUATE OF UNION HIGH SCHOOL. HE HAS LONG BEEN AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY. JIM WAS CUBMASTER OF CUB SCOUT PACK 161 AT LIVINGSTON SCHOOL FOR 12 YEARS. HE IS A CURRENT MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR UNION LITTLE LEAGUE WHERE HE HAS BEEN A MEMBER FOR 37 YEARS AND COACHED FOR 19 YEARS. JIM WAS ALSO A VFW TEENER LEAGUE COACH AND BOARD MEMBER FOR EIGHT YEARS; AND
JIM WAS ELECTED FOR TWO TERMS TO THE UNION BOARD OF EDUCATION AND CURRENTLY SERVES ON THE UNION TOWNSHIP ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. JIM IS ALSO AN ACTIVE MEMBER, BOARD MEMBER AND PAST PRESIDENT OF THE UNION ROTARY CLUB AND HAS BEEN AWARDED THE PRESTIGIOUS PAUL HARRIS FELLOW. HE ALSO SERVED ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE LEHIGH SAVINGS BANK, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR UNION HOSPITAL, AND IS A CURRENT BOARD MEMBER FOR THE UNION TOWNSHIP CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. JIM WAS A PAST MEMBER OF THE COLUMBIA ITALIAN AMERICAN CLUB AND PAST VICE PRESIDENT OF UNION HIGH SCHOOL’S 5TH QUARTER CLUB; AND
JIM HAS BEEN DIRECTOR AND COACH OF THE UNION TOWNSHIP RECREATION DEPARTMENT’S WINTER BASKETBALL CLINIC FOR 3RD TO 5TH GRADERS FOR OVER 30 YEARS, WAS THE DIRECTOR OF THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT’S 7TH & 8TH GRADE TRAVELING BASKETBALL PROGRAM FOR OVER 15 YEARS AND WAS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD FOR 7 YEARS. HE WAS THE RECIPIENT OF THE UNION TOWNSHIP YOUTH WEEK AWARD IN 1996; AND
JIM IS CURRENTLY AN NJSIAA HIGH SCHOOL VARSITY UMPIRE, AN ACTIVE BOY SCOUT MERIT BADGE COUNSELOR AND A CLINICIAN FOR THE RUTGERS YOUTH SPORTS COUNCIL WHERE HE WAS HONORED BY RUTGERS IN 2004 AS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL CLINICIANS IN THE PROGRAM; AND
JIM IS THE OWNER OF SM SERVICE & TECHNOLOGY, AN INDUSTRIAL DISTRIBUTOR OF ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT FOR INDUSTRY. HE AND HIS WIFE KATHY HAVE 4 CHILDREN AND 9 GRANDCHILDREN. JIM IS HONORED TO BE THE RECIPIENT OF THIS YEAR’S JAMES T. SCHAEFER DISTINGUISHED CIVIC SERVICE AWARD; AND
THE CHAMBER IS PROUD TO BESTOW THE JAMES T. SCHAEFER DISTINGUISHED CIVIC SERVICE AWARD TO JIM DIGIOVANNI! HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMUNITY OVER THESE MANY YEARS WOULD HAVE MADE JIM SCHAEFER PROUD!