Community Involvement

Shope is named Citizen of the Year

Bellevue Chamber of Commerce members selected business owner Frank Shope as the 2010 Citizen of the Year last month.

The owner of two Ace Hardware stores organized his staff and others to remove debris after the May flood hit Bellevue. He also gave close to $7,000 of his own funds to help the chamber assist flood victims, said his wife, Robin Shope. One of his store locations, on Harding Road, was also flooded.

Frank Shope served as Bellevue YMCA and Fifty Forward J.L. Turner Center board chair last year. He helped start YMCA’s Full Circle program for special needs children. He also sponsored the Community Christmas Tree to aid flood victims.