Noon Exchange Club honors Paula Bivens, Book of Golden Deeds
Upon being presented with one of the organization's most prominent awards, Bivens allowed herself to pause and reflect.
'I am overwhelmed,' she said. 'All of my friends have all turned out for me…they have touched my heart. I have always felt appreciated for what I do, it is just all of it coming together in one setting.
'I cannot always be as supportive as I like financially, but at least I can give generously with my time,' she added. 'I wish I could do more.'
A 16-year Exchange Club member, Bivens also sits on several nonprofit boards and is a former member of the Madison County Child Sexual Abuse Task Force.
Gloria Dunaway-Harlett, the president of the Indiana District Exchange Clubs, said Bivens is always ready to help with anything she can in the community.
'She is always just being who she is, and that is a caring heart with deep love for her community, and for the people she meets along the way,' Dunaway-Harlett said. 'I've known her for 14 years, and with all the things I have been involved with or have led, she is right there by my side saying, 'What can I do?'
'That is someone that is very deserving of the Book of Golden Deeds. She lives with a golden heart to do the things that need to be done.'
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