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Center Point executive director given John W. Jacobs Youth Service Award
David Smith
David Smith has helped provide mentoring and counseling to students as the executive director of Center Point for over 20 years. The Gainesville Kiwanis Club recently awarded Smith the Jacobs Youth Service Award for his work in the community. Smith sat down to discuss his life and career in Gainesville, on Thursday, March 29, 2018. - photo by David Barnes
To say David Smith was surprised last month when he was honored as the Gainesville Kiwanis Club’s John W. Jacobs Youth Service Award for 2018 would be an understatement. After all, Smith, the executive director of the nonprofit Center Point, almost didn’t attend the award ceremony.