Port Moody resident Mary Anne Cooper (above-left) won a Heritage BC award last month for her continued excellence in heritage conservation.
Cooper scooped the Ruby Nobbs Award for her volunteer work on the IoCo townsite. The accolade was presented Sept. 30 by Leslie Gilbert, chair of the awards committee. Other prizes were handed out to the city of Victoria for its restoration of the Beacon Hill park bandstand; the Salient Group and others for the Gastown rehabilitation; the city of Nanaimo and others for the restoration of the Bastion; the Delta Community Heritage Commission for the Westham 100 project; the city of Kelowna and others for the Laurel Packinghouse rehabilitation; and UBC's Museum of Anthropology and others for the conservation of the Haida House.
POCOMO YOUTH
PoCoMo Youth Services Society, above right, has been awarded a $15,000 grant from the Envision Financial Community Endowment. The cash will go to Project Reach Out, a mobile drop-in centre for Tri-City youth at risk.
WESTON
Chris Weston, bottom left, received a service pin and plaque last month to honour her 65 years with the Ladies Auxiliary at the Royal Canadian Legion branch 133 in Port Coquitlam. Weston also had a room at the facility named after her; the room faces Shaughnessy Street, PoCo's downtown road.
TRES BIEN
Richard Coulombe, president and chairperson of Coquitlam's Place Maillardville community centre, announced on Wednesday that Al Boire will take over as the society's new executive director.
Boire, a life-long resident of the French-speaking enclave and who leads the Maillardville Residents' Association, brings extensive experince to the managerial job, Coulombe said in a news release.
"There are challenges with respect to an aging building," Boire stated, "but the dedication of staff and volunteers - and the variety of programs offered - is really amazing."
Boire added, "I am excited to be working together with the board and the entire staff team to help guide our centre to the next level."
Built in 1978, the 13,000-square foot city-owned facility in Laval Square houses a seniors' centre, meeting rooms and rental facilities along with youth and adult programming as well as an extensive school outreach program.
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