2024 volunteer award recipients named

Dec 9, 2024 | 1:35 PM

The City of Grande Prairie and the Grande Prairie Regional Association of Volunteer Organizations have named the recipients of their 2024 volunteer awards.

The awards were presented at the International Volunteer Day Celebration Breakfast at the Golden Age Centre Thursday, December 5.

GP-RAVO presented the Leaders of Tomorrow award to:

Allegra Pardy
Blake Parker
Brooke Page
Madisyn Page
Joshua Verhage
Meilea Lafontaine

Erica Fisher was named Volunteer of the Year for her past efforts with various organizations including the Rotary Club of Grande Prairie after Five.

Liberty Energy was named Corporate Volunteer of the Year for it’s outstanding commitment to community service.

The Outstanding Citizen Awards were presented to:

Sexsmith & Area Food Bank
Bruce Tattrie
Walter (Walt) Salter
Endurance Oseyi Okobia
Richard Nasedkin
Paul Rovin Ngemital

The City of Grande Prairie awarded the George Repka Outstanding Achievement Award to Marianne Hartman, who has spent nearly a decade dedicated to the Resource Centre for Suicide prevention, and the Bill Bowes Volunteer Organization of the Year award to the Grande Prairie Army Cadets for their outstanding dedication, leadership and commitment to fostering the next generations of discipline and engaged youth.

by Nathaniel Leigh