Ontario is celebrating the contributions of more than 9,000 volunteers at 54 Ontario Volunteer Service Awards ceremonies across the province this spring.
Over 40 of those awards will go to residents of Wellington County.
The awards recognize individual volunteers for continuous service to an organization. Certificates and customized trillium pins will be awarded to people with five, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50 and 60 or more years of service. Youth will also be recognized for two or more years of volunteer service.
Award recipients are nominated by the organizations they serve. More than six million Ontarians volunteer each year.
Wellington award winners (listed with the organizations they serve, their hometowns, and years of service) are:
– June Ball, Girl Guides of Canada, Ontario Council, Fergus, 50 years;
– Karen Banu, Wellington Terrace Long Term Care Home, Fergus, 10;
– Elbert Bouwman, Wellington Junior Farmers, Drayton, 5 years;
– Katherine Clyne, Wellington Junior Farmers, Harriston, five;
– Chelsea Collins, Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), Dufferin-Delhi Street, Guelph, youth;
– Dorothy Cook, Victorian Order of Nurses (VON), Mount Forest, 30;
– Karl Cook, VON, Mount Forest, 30;
– Christa Dickie, Girl Guides of Canada, Ontario Council, Fergus, 15;
– John Doherty, Wellington Terrace, Belwood, 5;
– Mary Lorraine Fairweather, Girl Guides of Canada, Ontario Council, Elora, 20;
– Mona Farahbakhsh, CMHA, Guelph, youth;
– Lara Genik, CMHA, Guelph, 5;
– Lorraine Gilbert Wellington County Museum and Archives, Elora, 25;
– Isobel Glennie, Fergus Grand Theatre Volunteers, Fergus, 10;
Roy Gourley, Scouts Canada – Blue Springs Scout Reserve, Erin, 30;
– Margaret Hall, Wellington County Museum and Archives, Arthur, 10;
– Kelsey Hamilton, Wellington Terrace, Elora, youth;
– Lynn Hodgins, VON, Palmerston, 30;
– Roy Hodgins, VON, Palmerston, 30;
– Elizabeth Homer, Guelph Wellington Women in Crisis, Guelph, 5;
– Robert Ireland, Rotary Club of Guelph, 30;
– Peter Kastner, CMHA, Guelph, 10
– Graham Knowles Rotary Club of Guelph, Fergus, 30;
– Nancy Knudstrup, Wellington Terrace, Elora, 5;
– Bill Leighton, VON, Belwood, 5;
– Jean Low, Wellington Terrace, Elora, 10;
– Betty Luciani, Fergus Grand Theatre Volunteers, Belwood, 15;
– Celeste Mammoliti, St. Joseph’s Health Care Centre Guelph, Ariss, youth;
– Helen Marucci, Highland Manor Assisted and Independent Living, Fergus, 25;
– Kate MaKenzie, Wellington Junior Farmers, Elora, youth;
– Robert Messmer, Ontario Electric Railway Historical Association, Rockwood, 5;
– Margaret Molitar, Wellington County Museum and Archives, Fergus, 15;
– Shirley Moore, Wellington Terrace, Elora, 20;
– Wendy Nicholls, Fergus Grand Theatre Volunteers, Belwood, 15;
– Alex Noble, Wellington Junior Farmers, Harriston, youth;
– Colleen Quarrie, Wellington Terrace, Ariss 10;
– Romy Schill Wellington Junior Farmers, Wallenstein, 5;
– Steve Seifried, Waterloo-Wellington Science and Engineering Fair, Guelph, 20;
– Glenna Smith Women’s Institute Silver-Wood (Federated Women’s Institute of Ontario) Arkell, 50;
– Marlin Stoltz, Grand River Agricultural Society, Elmira, 10;
– John Uptegrove Muscular Dystrophy Canada, Puslinch 25;
– Theo van der Meulen Wellington Junior Farmers, Alma, 5;
– Paul Walker, Grand River Agricultural Society, Elora, five;
– Luke Whale, Drayton Entertainment, Alma, youth; and – Janet Wood, CMHA – Delhi Street, Guelph, 15 years.
