Port Coquitlam residents have a week left to nominate fellow citizens for the Volunteer Recognition Awards, which honour people who have helped make their community a better place.
Nominations are being accepted until March 9 in seven categories: arts, heritage and culture; caring and safety; environmental protection and enhancement; sports and recreation; youth programs; and the lifetime volunteer award.
"Our volunteers provide a great service to our community with no expectation of reward," PoCo Mayor Greg Moore said in a press release. "It's important that we recognize them for the stars that they are and nominating them for a volunteer recognition award is a great start."
Nominees can be any age and do not have to live in PoCo. They cannot have previously received a Volunteer Recognition Award from the city and must meet at least one the follow criteria:
their unpaid volunteer contributions provide extraordinary help or care to families or groups in Port Coquitlam;
they continually commit their time, talent and energy, without pay, to improve the quality of life in Port Coquitlam;
or they have been voluntarily involved in a program or project that has had a lasting benefit for Port Coquitlam and its residents.
The award winners will be announced at a volunteer recognition awards and tribute evening at Riverside secondary school on April 18, during National Volunteer week.
Winners will receive a personalized etched-glass trophy and will have their names added to the volunteer honour roll at city hall. All nominees receive a commemorative pin and certificate with an invitation to the tribute evening.
Nomination forms are available online at www.portcoquitlam.ca/volunteer as well as city hall (2580 Shaughnessy St.), the PoCo rec complex (2150 Wilson Ave.), the Hyde Creek rec centre (1379 Laurier Ave.) and the Terry Fox Library (2470 Mary Hill Rd.).
