HERITAGE SUCCESS
Areez Saleh, Jenna Jessa, Kaylie Deane and Ziyan Karim organized last month's Heritage Woods secondary fundraiser in aid of cystic fibrosis.
The Kodiaks With a Purpose event called The First Annual Bachelor Auction for Cystic Fibrosis Research at the Port Moody school brought in $8,000 for the cause, Jessa said.
HIGH PRAISE
Anmore resident Gordon Marks last month accepted a BC Community Achievement Award for his volunteer work with powerchair football.
Marks has been a coach, mentor, referee, board member, trainer, technical resource and fundraiser for the sport. Other Tri-City recipients were Sandy Burpee, Dr. Tom Routledge and Reid Maxwell of Coquitlam.
THANKS KINSMEN
The Kinsmen Club of Coquitlam last month handed over $7,000 to the Crossroads Hospice Society, bringing the service group's total contribution to the society to nearly $60,000 since 2004.
GREAT RENO
A Coquitlam development company nailed an Ovation Award this week from the Greater Vancouver Home Builders' Association.
Reid Developments scored the Best Accessible Renovation accolade for its Eton project.
The Ovations Awards, now in its sixth year, honour excellence in the design and construction of new single and multi-family homes as well as the renovation of existing homes in Metro Vancouver.
The event was sponsored in part by Glacier Media Group, the parent company of The Tri-City News.
FOR THE KIDS
The Coquitlam-based Children of the Street Society took in $4,000 last month from the Edith Lando Charitable Foundation.
The funds will be used to support the society's school-based educational workshops called TCO (Taking Care of Ourselves and Taking Care of Others).
"We realize the terribleness of sexual exploitation of children and young adults and know recently of some of the tragic results. We are pleased to provide this grant to help Children of the Street Society with their workshops," foundation chairperson Roberta Lando Beiser said in a news release.
LEADERS
Five Tri-City Scouts were recognized at Government House last month for their leadership skills.
Tomas Caldwell (1st Glenayre), Matthew Hardie (1st Falcon Ridge), Ryan Hardie (1st Falcon Ridge), Connor Johns (1st Glenayre) and Jih-Raan Yang (10th Coquitlam) were among 57 B.C. Scouts to get The Queen's Venturer Scout awards on April 18 from Lt. Gov. Judith Guichon.
