April 26, 2017
2017 Premier's Volunteer Service Award Winners Announced
The recipients of the 2017 Premier’s Volunteer Service Award were announced and honoured at a private reception with Premier Brian Pallister and during Volunteer Manitoba’s Awards Dinner held last night.
“Manitoba has a proud tradition of both generosity and volunteerism, characteristics which contribute to our province being the most generous in all of Canada,” said Pallister. “Manitobans should be very proud of the efforts made by their fellow citizens to making this province a better place for us all to live. I am honoured to acknowledge 10 Manitobans today for their outstanding work and to recognize the efforts of all those who contribute their time to causes in their communities across our province.”
Established in 1986 and presented annually in co-operation with Volunteer Manitoba, the Premier’s Volunteer Service Awards were established to honour the efforts and dedication of outstanding volunteers in Manitoba, and recognize and encourage the valuable services performed by volunteers throughout the province.
The Premier’s Volunteer Service Award recognizes contributions of Manitobans in three different categories. These include:
- Individual volunteers – this award is presented to five exceptional individual volunteers whose efforts have contributed significantly to the quality of life in their communities;
- youth – this award recognizes two individual young Manitobans (under the age of 25) who have made considerable contributions to their schools, organizations and communities; and
- community groups – this award is presented to three community groups that have experienced extraordinary collective volunteer efforts by their members.
The 2017 Premier’s Volunteer Service Award winners include:
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individual:
- Ernie Didur – Winnipeg;
- Sylvia Dziver – Elphinstone;
- Raymond Ngarboui – Winnipeg;
- Lorne Schram – Pinawa; and
- Kay Slobodzian – Dauphin.
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youth:
- Sarah Campbell – Winnipeg; and
- Cameron Krisko – Winnipeg.
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community groups:
- ArtsJunktion – Winnipeg;
- L’Arche Winnipeg Tova Café – Winnipeg; and
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Ste. Agathe Community Development Inc. – Ste. Agathe.
Nominations were considered by a panel of judges who reviewed the valuable contributions of all nominated Manitobans in the three volunteer categories. The 2017 panel of judges included Bonnie Mitchelson, Steven Schipper, Zack Gross and Margaret McKinnon.
More information on the Premier’s Volunteer Service Awards can be found at www.gov.mb.ca/minister/premier/volunteer/.
Photos from the event can be found on the Manitoba Government Flickr page at:
www.flickr.com/photos/mbgov/.
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Backgrounder
Backgrounder - https://www.gov.mb.ca/asset_library/en/newslinks/2017/04/BACKGROUNDER-RLS-Premiers_Volunteer_Service_Awards-PR.pdf