GOOD FOUNDATION
Coquitlam tech guru Jason Leo Carvalho (left) is now the board chair for the Coquitlam Foundation to replace Janet Toddington while Colleen Talbot (right) is the philanthropy group’s new vice-chair to replace Ken Catton, who resigned. Michele Chow and Roch Ripley were also appointed to the board this month.
HIKE KUDOS
Crossroads Hospice Society deposited $500 thanks to Westminster Savings Credit Union at Sunwood Square. The donation was in recognition of the branch employees’ efforts with Hike for Hospice.
THAT'S A WRAP
School District 43 Superintendent Patti Gartland and Telus’ Roberto Aiello last month unveiled six student-designed artwork pieces that will be used as graphic wraps for six of the company’s electrical boxes in Port Coquitlam.
PANCAKE FLIP
The Port Moody Firefighters Charitable Society flipped pancakes for more than 3,000 people last weekend, stacking in some $40,000 for Crossroads Hospice, Eagle Ridge Hospital Foundation and others.
HYDE LEADS WSCU
Darlene K. Hyde is the new board chair of Westminster Savings Credit Union. Hyde is currently the board chair for the Douglas College Foundation. She was elected to the WSCU position on May 4. Other WSCU board directors are Bill Brown, Kathleen Kennedy-Strath, James Ensom, Hanne Madsen, Emmett McGrath, former BC Liberal MLA Patty Sahota, Art Van Pelt and Rob Shirra, who previously served on the Eagle Ridge Hospital Foundation.
PRINCIPAL DIRECTOR
Brian Leonard, the principal of Cedar Drive elementary in Port Coquitlam, is on the board of directors for the BC Principals’ & Vice-Principals’ Association. Last month, BCPVPA named David DeRosa as president of the 2,300-member group that represents B.C. public school principals and vice-principals.
GREEN THUMBS
Coquitlam’s environmental stewards were recognized last month by the city. Some 150 volunteers were at Coquitlam city hall for the 14th annual Environmental Achievement Awards event that included a luncheon, entertainment and presentations on youth projects. The youth projects highlighted were the creation of a new Mundy Park trail by Hillcrest middle school students, who worked with the city to create a new trail, plant native species and clean debris, and a trail-marking project at Ridge Park by the 10th Coquitlam Cubs, who installed wayfinding markers to prevent trampling of sensitive areas.
POMO GRAD IN PQ
Coquitlam’s Marco Chan is now a policy advisor with the Quebec government and the federal government’s new LGBTQ2 secretariat. The Port Moody secondary grad (class of 2006) is an alumnus of Harvard College and Stanford. Previously, he served as a senior associate consultant for Bain & Company and consulted for the World Bank. In May, he graduated with a master’s degree in public administration from Harvard Kennedy School.
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