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TRYON—The Tryon Downtown Development Association nominated Wanda May for induction into the Second Wind Hall of Fame, and the SWHF Board accepted the nomination. Wanda was officially inducted at the Tryon Town Council meeting on August 6.

Wanda is currently the Board Treasurer for TDDA and was one of its founding members many years ago. She has been involved with TDDA off and on all these years, serving in almost every position. She is also treasurer of the Tryon History Museum board and a member of the Tryon Planning Board.  

She has volunteered at the Tryon Visitor Center, sung with the Community Chorus and sings with the choir at Holy Cross Episcopal Church. She has also volunteered at Tryon Midnight and the Museum’s golf tournament. 

Wanda was instrumental in Tryon’s participation in the North Carolina Main Street program. Her contributions to her community continue to be many. She came to the area in 1988 and moved to Tryon full-time in 1993 when she bought the Book Shelf and ran it for many years. She has a master’s of urban and regional planning and worked as a management consultant.  

She is married to George May and would like to be remembered for her community service and love of Tryon.

The mission of Second Wind is to identify those outstanding volunteers who contribute so much to the quality of life in our community and to provide recognition of retirees sixty years and over who had a useful and productive life continuing beyond retirement, while others paused to rest.  They caught a ‘second wind’ and began a new career of service to the community and to mankind.

Second Wind Hall of Fame is a 501(c)(3) organization and welcomes nominations for induction.  Requests for nomination forms may be sent to carolbrowning72@gmail.com.

 

Submitted by Carol Browning