Mission will be honouring a long list of community supporters next month at the annual Community Service Awards Ceremony.
The event is set for Thursday, April 7 at 7 p.m. in the Clarke Theatre (at Heritage Park Centre – 33700 Prentis Ave.). The public is invited to attend and help in celebrating the following distinguished award recipients:
- Lilian Dudfield – Freeman of the City Award
- Barbara Fehrmann – Freeman of the City Award
- Judith Ray – Freeman of the City Award
- Steve Sharpe – Freeman of the City Award
- Heather Stewart – Freeman of the City Award
- Paul Horn – Citizen of the Year Award
- Roy Archer – Lifetime Achievement Award
- Ken Selvaraja – Lifetime Achieve-ment Award
- Doug Pearson – Lifetime Achieve-ment Award
- Mission Healthcare Auxiliary Society – Lifetime Achievement Award
- Mission Heritage Association and its Volunteers – Lifetime Achievement Award
- Mission’s Special Olympics Soccer Team – Against the Odds Achievement Award
- Gianluca (Luca) Paniccia – Commun-ity Service Award (under age 25)
- VYPER Youth Group – Community Service Award (under the age of 25)
- Sarah Baban – Community Service Award (under the age of 25)
- Canadian Cancer Society, Mission Unit, and Its Volunteers – Community Service Award
- Neighbourhood School Champions – Community Service Award
- John Retallick – Community Service Award
- Denyse Tavener – Community Service Award
- Deborah Handley – Arts and Culture Service Award
- Tom Nguyen – Sports Volunteer of the Year Award
- Rick Grant – Sports Volunteer of the Year Award
- Eugene Sepke – Sports Volunteer of the Year
- Mission Youth (MY) House Volunteers – Special Accomplishment Award
- Michele Chapman-Sheaves – Special Accomplishment Award
- Heidi Smith – Special Recognition Award
The ceremony will be followed by a coffee and dessert reception.
