Jim and Debby Jenkins Dalfonso will be honored by the Exchange Club of Ocean City with the 53rd Annual Book of Golden Deeds Award for their community service.
The Exchange Club of Ocean City has chosen local community volunteers Jim and Debby Jenkins Dalfonso as recipients of the 53rd Annual Golden Deeds Award. The honor will be formally presented during a dinner to be held at Greate Bay Country Club on Monday, June 4.
Each year since 1966, the Exchange Club of Ocean City has chosen a worthy Cape May County or Atlantic County individual or group exemplifying dedication and service to children, community and country. Honorees must demonstrate unselfish service to worthwhile causes for public good.
Jim Dalfonso is a graduate of the prestigious Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester, and the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University. Upon moving to the South Jersey area in 1993, he became involved in the local arts community as a performer, producer, and ultimately as the Chairman of the Theater Collaborative of South Jersey, the nonprofit organization tasked with renovating, reopening and running the Gateway Playhouse. He was named Community Person of the Year by Somers Point in 2017.
Debby Jenkins Dalfonso, a life-long resident of Ocean City, holds a Bachelor of Music degree in vocal performance from the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, where she was a proud member of The Singing Hoosiers. She recently received the university’s Distinguished Alumni Award.
Debby was Miss Cape May County 1993, and fourth runner-up to Miss New Jersey. For 11 years, she and husband Jim produced the Miss Ocean City Scholarship Pageant, helping to provide more than $100,000 in scholarships to contestants. Debby volunteered at the regional American Cancer Society and produced the annual telethon for Channel-40 TV.
The duo helped form The Shaken Not Stirred Players, and its musical revue, “Broadway By Request.” Over the years, the show has been presented to raise funds for many Exchange Club charitable organizations.
By day, Jim can be found as an Interior Finish Specialist at ERCO Interior Systems in Somers Point. Since 1998, Debby has taught vocal music, piano, and music theory at Middle Township High School, and has directed more than 30 musicals at schools and in local theatres. She continues to perform professionally, as a member of Actor’s Equity Association.
For more information, visit www.ocxc.org.
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