John Michael Paz, owner and president of Godwin Pumps, was recently cited as a member of the Boys & Girls Club of America’s Jeremiah Milbank Society and named to the board of the Boys & Girls Club of Gloucester County.
“Mr. Paz’s donation places him in the Jeremiah Milbank Society as one of the top donors to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Gloucester County and the Boys & Girls Clubs of America,” said Beth O’Connor, executive director of the Boys & Girls Club of Gloucester County.
A lifelong believer in volunteerism, Jeremiah Milbank helped President Herbert Hoover develop the Boys & Girls Club national organization, and served as treasurer of the national organization for more than 25 years. Throughout his lifetime, Milbank gave a fortune to help those in need, on the belief that wealth not used to help others was wealth wasted.
“As a member of the Milbank Society, Mr. Paz is providing the leadership and support needed for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Gloucester County to grow and provide meaningful programs that change and save children’s lives and help them to be great,” said O’Connor.
In addition to his donation of time, Paz was also appointed to the board of directors for the Gloucester County Chapter, where he will be able to apply his entrepreneurial skills to help the organization.
A Gloucester County native with both personal and professional ties to the area, Paz said, “I have a great deal of respect and admiration for the work that the Boys & Girls Club does, not only here in Gloucester County, but also throughout the country. We all know that the future of our country rests in the hands of our children, and I am grateful to be able to support an organization that makes our children and their educational and developmental well-being a foremost priority.”
Godwin Pumps , headquartered in Bridgeport, N.J., maintains a fleet of more than 6,000 portable rental pumps and 3,200 pieces of related equipment for use in dewatering in construction, mining and quarrying; in drinking water supply; and in wastewater bypasses in municipal, industrial and environmental markets.
