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By Shelley Galbreath | Photo by Zack Kittaka

Meet Kim Boyce, an all-around super star where the local community is involved.

She grew up in Kendallville on a Christmas Tree Farm and attended Purdue University in West Lafayette, graduating with a degree in finance, marketing and communications. She settled in Fort Wayne to begin her career. She and her husband, Ian, have three grown boys— Jeremy, Cameron and Chandler—and have recently become grandparents. When the boys started school and grew older, Boyce said she became involved in the local community through various non-profits, including the Junior League, PTO, Neighborhood Association and Tapestry.

Giving back and helping others has always been important to her. “As the project manager for Tapestry, I am thrilled to be working for Purdue University Fort Wayne and with Parkview Health to raise money for student scholarships in the health profession,” she said. “It is always amazing to see 2,000 people gather for one day to support higher education.”

On Friday, April 24, 2020, Tapestry will be gathered in the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum for a day of inspiration, education and renewal, while celebrating family, friends and co-workers.

Last year Boyce became involved in another venture, the Fort Wayne Village Marketplace, a two-day, upscale holiday shopping event/experience founded on providing a venue to support small businesses and to showcase local artisans.

“I founded Fort Wayne Village Marketplace with two of my friends, Jill Ramsey and Lyndsay Davis,” Boyce said. “We were thrilled with the turnout for our event last year and look forward to this year’s event on Nov. 8 and 9 at the SportONE Parkview Fieldhouse.”

In 2018, Boyce said there were nearly 100 local businesses and artisans that set up shop and displayed their wares.

“We are so grateful for them and thankful for the support of our major sponsors who believed in us enough to get this event off the ground and make it a success.”

The trio hopes to build on last year’s success and make 2019 an even better Fort Wayne holiday shopping tradition.

“We will be welcoming over 100 vendors and hundreds of shoppers as we kick off the holiday season shopping local businesses and artisans,” Boyce said. The first 1,000 shoppers receive a Vera Bradley shopping tote, Tim Hortons coffee voucher and BOGO Komets Hockey ticket.

“I am proud to call Fort Wayne my home and grateful for the environment it has provided for Ian and me to raise our family. I love being a part of our great city and am so excited to see where it is headed with all of the downtown growth and development,” she said.

Boyce considers her family the underlying influence on her successful career in fundraising, event planning and volunteering. “Without my family, I would not be who I am today and could not have pursued my dreams” she said. “I have a passion for leadership, community and helping others, and when I can do all of these, while being a wife and mother, then I feel as though I am doing what I was born to do.” a