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Spotlight: Crunch test nets $1k for foundation

Recent accomplishments by residents, businesses and groups in Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and Port Moody.
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$1K FROM CRUNCH

Organizers of the eighth annual Coquitlam Crunch ‘Diversity’ Challenge in Coquitlam handed over $1,000 last week to Dwight Yochim (second from left), executive director of the Coquitlam Foundation, for its Diversity Fund.

 

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VANCITY HELPS KIDS

The Maillardville branch of Vancity Credit Union recently gave a $7,500 grant to the Green Bricks Education Society, which helps youth in sustainable land use and development through curriculum-linked outreach programs.

 

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PUB POOL

Staff and patrons at Port Coquitlam’s The Arms Pub hauled in $10,000 for Crossroads Hospice through its football pool. The Port Moody hospice will continue to be supported by the pub this year.

 

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GENEROUS DONOR

Tri-City resident Ron Jones gave $50,000 to the BC Sports Hall of Fame Foundation, $20,000 to the BC Sports Hall of Fame on behalf of his Founder’s Cup Charity Classic, and $10,000 to its foundation.

 

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TOP CAREGIVER

Lynda McDermott, who works at Port Coquitlam’s Hawthorne Care Centre, is a winner of a BC Care Award. McDermott clinched the excellence accolade this month from the BC Care Providers Association, a group that represents most of the non-government seniors’ care providers in the province. She will receive the prize from Minister of Health Adrian Dix in Victoria on Feb. 19.

 

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911 THEY CARE

Coquitlam RCMP’s 911 dispatchers and telecommunications operators dialled in $1,700 in cash and 320 toys for the 9th annual 911 We Care Toy Drive last month. The gifts were presented to families in financial need over the Christmas break via Share Community and Family Services, based in Coquitlam.

TOP MARKS

The city of Port Moody earned an international award from the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada for its 2016 financial report. The association represents 19,000 federal, state, provincial and local finance officials across North America involved in the planning, financing and implementing governmental operations. Submissions for the award are reviewed by an expert committee.

CANCER DRIVE

A craft beer festival and a new international wine and food gathering in Coquitlam last November poured in $27,267 for the Ride to Conquer Cancer. The money, raised via event organizers West Coast Experiences, was put toward Team Taylor, which cycles and fundraises on behalf of the BC Cancer Foundation. Its next Coquitlam Craft Beer Festival is March 9 and 10 — featuring more than 40 craft breweries and restaurants — followed by the BC Uncorked Wine and Food Festival on the night of March 10. Go to coquitlambeerfestival.com and bcuncorked.com.

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