RBC FOR HOSPICE
The RBC Foundation withdrew $5,000 for Crossroads Hospice after its employees took part in the society’s 14th annual Hike for Hospice last month. The bank had the largest team with 46 walkers.
KICKIN' IT
Excel Martial Arts Coquitlam kicked in $11,256 to seven elementary schools this year: Rochester, Queen of All Saints, Lord Baden Powell, Riverview, Glen, Mundy Road and Cape Horn.
ELKS HELP KIDS
The Burnaby Elks Lodge No. 497 has given another $1,000 donation to the Coquitlam-based Children of the Street. The funding will go to the society’s school-based prevention workshops in Burnaby, said Maura Fitzpatrick (centre).
SCRIBE, MAYOR
Historical author and Belcarra Mayor Ralph Drew (centre) was honoured last month by the BC Historical Federation with $1,500 after he placed second for his book titled Ferries & Fjords: The History of Indian Arm.
TOP PRIZE
Festival Coquitlam won the best float prize in the Ladner May Days parade on Sunday. The group, which recently hosted the 17th annual Como Lake fishing derby, is now gearing up for the Teddy Bear family concert on June 11 as well as the Coquitlam Grande Parade and Teddy Bear Picnic on June 12. Its annual Lafarge Lake fishing derby is June 19 in Coquitlam Town Centre Park.
ORGANICS DROP
Morguard Investments won three Leadership in Environmental Advancement Program (LEAP) awards from the Healthcare Ontario Pension Plan — including one for managing the Coquitlam Centre mall, a property the plan owns. The company took the sustainability innovation prize for its campaign titled Going Organic, which aimed to reduce food waste by retail tenants and shoppers. The drive saw a drop of 64,765 kg in 2014 to 400,917 kg last year — a 619% difference.
LORAN LEADERS
Three Coquitlam school district teachers have earned a Loran Teachers Building Leaders Award. Joanne Steacy and Selwyn Tam of Port Moody secondary as well as Warren Chang, a counsellor at Dr. Charles Best secondary in Coquitlam, were nominated for the prestigious accolade by Ana Boskovic, who was selected by the foundation in 2011.
BRIDGE GOES DOWN
A mega-deconstruction project in Coquitlam scooped an award at the Association of Consulting Engineering Companies British Columbia (ACEC-BC)’s gathering. Tearing down the old Port Mann bridge garnered consultant McElhanney Consulting Services Ltd. a prize at the 27th annual gala in Vancouver in April. “The Awards for Engineering Excellence winners represent the best and brightest in our industry, and the winning projects are some of the most amazing work that we have seen from B.C.’s consulting engineers,” said ACEC-BC president and CEO Keith Sashaw in a news release.
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