44th annual awards handed out last night
The winners of the 44th annual Civic and Community Awards were announced Wednesday evening at the awards night held at the Kelowna Community Theatre.
The winners are:
Anita Tozer Memorial Award – bestowed by Council
The Journey Home Task Force
Bob Giordano Memorial Award – Coach/Sport Administrator of the Year
Devin Rubadeau
Bryan Couling Memorial Award – Athletic Team of the Year
Kelowna Ringette U16A Elite
Female Athlete of the Year Award
Kelsey Serwa
Male Athlete of the Year Award
Fynnian McCarthy
Female Augie Ciancone Memorial Award – Top High School Athlete
Lonica McKinney
Male Augie Ciancone Memorial Award – Top High School Athlete
Brandon Frechette
Young Female Volunteer of the Year Award
Keneisha Charles
Young Male Volunteer of the Year Award
Matthew Richardson
Teen Honour in the Arts Award
Annette Bakala
Honour in the Arts Award
Ryan Grenier
Central Okanagan Foundation – Volunteer Organization of the Year Award
Helping Out People Exploited (HOPE) Outreach
Corporate Community of the Year Award
Small Business
Secure-Rite Mobile Storage Inc.
Medium/Large Business
Raymond James – Kelowna Corporate Branch
Champion for the Environment Award
Gwen Steele
Fred Macklin Memorial Award – Man of the Year
Giuseppe (Joe) Iafrancesco (1947-2018)
Sarah Donalda-Treadgold Memorial Award – Woman of the Year
Angie Lohr
The Young Female and Male Volunteer of the Year Award finalists and recipients will each be receiving funding towards their post-secondary education. The Dillon Thomas Budd and Payton Leigh Budd Youth Scholarship awards $1,000 to each award recipient and $500 to each of the finalists.
The recipient of the Teen Honour in the Arts Award will receive an entrance scholarship to the UBCO Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies.
Nominations for the 2019 Civic & Community Awards will begin in the winter of 2019.
For more on the Civic & Community Awards and the recipients, visit kelowna.ca/civicawards.
