Mary Forbes wins Community Achievers award

On Feb 18th - the BC Achievement Foundation awarded the 2013 "BC Community Achievers" award.  Local resident Mary Forbes was a recicipient of this award.  Mary Forbes and I went to high-school together (Columneetza Senior Secondary - Class of 1997).  Well done, Mary

You can listen to her interview with CBC Kamloops here

Press Release - Courtesy of the Gov't of BC/BC Achievement Foundation:

Premier Christy Clark and Keith Mitchell, chair of the British Columbia Achievement Foundation, today named this year’s recipients of the B.C. Community Achievement Awards.

“Communities are built by people who step up to the plate and contribute,” said Premier Christy Clark. “On behalf of all British Columbians, I would like to thank and congratulate the outstanding individuals named today for their contributions. British Columbia’s biggest strength is people like them.”

“The community achievement awards honour individuals who have made a significant contribution either as volunteers or in the course of their work,” said Mitchell. “We’re privileged to showcase and celebrate the contributions of these exceptional British Columbians.”

The recipients of the 2013 awards are:

Dr. Jeannette Armstrong of Penticton Patricia Blair of Victoria Helen Boyd of Comox Mel Coulson of Quick Douglas Crow of Victoria John De Forest of Surrey Mary Forbes of Williams Lake Jean Gelwicks of Salt Spring Island Afraj Gill of Surrey Leonora Gregory-Collura of Gibsons Kathy Holmes of Ladysmith Maggie and Kelly Ip of Vancouver Mike Jang of Vancouver Ingrid Jeffrey of Coquitlam Margo Kane of Vancouver Susan Lane of White Rock Chief Jason Louie of Creston Tom Lymbery of Gray Creek

Phyllis MacPherson of Lake Country Amrit Maharaj of Vancouver Kelly Mann of Victoria Dr. James McEwen of Vancouver Lennette McLean of Dease Lake John McQuade of Delta Brianne Moore of Kelowna Libby Nelson of Fruitvale Janet Renquist of Prince George Sherri Robinson of Esquimalt Aminollah Sabzevari of North Vancouver Donald Shumka of Vancouver Marnie Simon of Pemberton Karen Stacey of Vancouver Andrea Thomas Hill of Vancouver Catherine Van Alstine of West Vancouver Sing Lim Yeo of Vancouver

An independent advisory council selects the recipients of the British Columbia Community Achievement Awards. This year’s council members are Mayor Mike Clay of Port Moody, Mayor Shari Green of Prince George, and past recipients Don Montgomery of Richmond (2009), Joyce Carlson of Powell River (2009) and Jane Frost of Vancouver (2006).

The recipients of the 2013 British Columbia Community Achievement Awards will be recognized in a formal presentation at Government House in Victoria on March 14, 2013. Each will receive a certificate and a medallion designed by B.C. artist Robert Davidson.

The British Columbia Community Achievement Awards are generously sponsored by Postmedia Network, publishers of The Vancouver Sun and The Province.

The British Columbia Achievement Foundation is an independent foundation established and endowed by the province of B.C. to celebrate excellence in the arts, humanities, enterprise and community service. Launched in 2003, the awards were the first initiative of the foundation, followed by the B.C. Creative Achievement Award for Applied Art and Design, B.C.’s National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction, the B.C. Creative Achievement Award for First Nations’ Art, and the B.C. Aboriginal Business Awards.

A Backgrounder can be read here