The Tri-City News was among the sponsors gathered last week at a reception to prepare for the 26th annual Evening of Caring gala, which will benefit the Eagle Ridge Hospital in Port Moody. For tickets to the Oct. 1 event, visit erhf.ca.
TAKING FLIGHT
Alexander Niven, 8, of Port Moody hauled in more than $500 for the United Way of the Lower Mainland’s third annual UPS Plane Pull. Last Saturday’s event saw 27 teams of 15 people pulling a 757-200 jet down the runway.
OUT WEEDS!
The Lower Mainland Green Team was at it again this month, pulling invasive weeds and planting native shrubs and trees around Hoy Creek in Coquitlam. The volunter event was in collaboration with the city.
LAX KUDOS
Certificates of achievement were handed out Monday by Port Coquitlam Mayor Greg Moore to the PoCo Saints Lacrosse U16 girls team, which captured provincial titles for the third year in a row.
PURPLE LIGHT
Carol Todd and Kristina Marrington were on hand at Port Coquitlam’s city council meeting Monday when Mayor Greg Moore proclaimed Oct. 10 as World Mental Health Day. City hall will be lit in purple for the special day to recognize the 450 million people around the world living with mental illness who are in need of treament and support. Todd, whose 15-year-old daughter Amanda took her own life in 2012, thanked city council for being “one of the longest supporters” of her cause, the Amanda Todd Legacy Society. Moore is also involved in the I Am Someone - The Be Someone anti-bullying campaign.
DOWN SHE GOES!
Port Moody’s Kelly Shea dressed as a Care Bear to rappel down a 20-storey office building in downtown Vancouver this month along with 60 other Drop Zone participants. The team helped to raise $169,000 for Easter Seals BC.
LAND FINALISTS
The city of Coquitlam and Douglas College, which has a campus in Coquitlam City Centre, are finalists in the 2016 Land Awards, the Real Estate Foundation of BC announced this week.
The municipality is up for a private sector award for its district energy (heat and energy recovery technology) project with Thermenex while the college is shortlisted for a public sector accolade for its work on the User Network for Insect Biology in the Urban Garden (UNIBUG). The awards will be presented Oct. 21.
PAVING TO SUCCESS
A Coquitlam-based company has been named one of the country’s fastest-growing businesses.
Last week, Eco Paving was ranked at 66 on the 28th annual Profit 500 chart. The result will be published in next month’s edition of Canadian Business as well as at PROFITguide.com, based on its five-year revenue growth. Eco Paving is the third fast-growing construction firm in Canada and the ninth fastest company overall in Metro Vancouver, according to the list.
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