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14 November 2021 BY KIM HAST Y PHOTOGRAPHY BY RAUL RUBIERA JR. FA SCI NAT I NG FAYETT EVILLE L ong before he was a successful local business owner and long before he took on the kind of involvement in charitable organizations that would seem exhausting to many, Steve Milburn learned the Golden Rule as a boy growing up in St. Louis. "My family always raised me to help others," he said. "My parents taught me that when you do that, you'll be blessed beyond belief." Milburn is a 1976 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy who went on to a career as an Army aviator. He retired as a lieutenant colonel, and he and his wife Debbie made Fayetteville their home for good. In 1996, they bought a Mail Boxes Etc. franchise in Westwood Shopping Center that is now known as e UPS Store 2974. 'I LOVE THE PEOPLE HERE' Fayetteville Exchange Club and current member of the board of directors for both e Salvation Army and the Center for Economic Empowerment and Development. "He and his wife Debbie contribute monetarily and with print products to many nonprofits in the city and county," Shaw wrote in her nomination, who said she oen turns to Milburn for help with organizations "When I do something for someone it gives me great joy," said Steve Milburn. "I feel good that I've accomplished something. I have to give back; I feel like it's my duty." "I love the people here," Milburn said. "I love the military, and I loved my troops. I love the diversity here. I have a lot of great friends who are veterans." In nominating Milburn for CityView's Power of Giving Community Impact Awards, Ann Shaw pointed out his work with the Kiwanis Club of Cape Fear, for which he has served as both president and as lieutenant governor of the Carolinas District. She also noted that he is a past president of the Fort Bragg Armed Services YMCA Board of Directors and past member of the National Armed Services YMCA Board of Directors. He has served as finance council chairman of Saint Patrick Catholic Church for 10 years and is a past president of e Care Clinic board of directors. He has been a member of the Fayetteville Planning Commission and is the current president of the Greater

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