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 These are the great volunteers who turned out for the 2006 Volunteer
Fair and Award Night at the Revelstoke Community Centre and Awards Night
on September 19. Their dedication helps make our city a great place to
live!
What makes a great volunteer? There are -- as almost any active volunteer can tell you -- several characteristics. Great volunteers are generous with their time. Great volunteers believe that what they do matters to themselves, to their organizations and, ultimately the greater community as a whole. Great volunteers work well with other people but are also self-starters -- people who whole-heartedly throws themselves into the work at hand, whether it is organizing a Christmas bazaar, working with children or seniors, selling tickets for a raffle or building a float for a holiday parade. Great volunteers are creative and practical; they not only have great ideas they know how to translate them into reality. Great volunteers are patient. They know that not everybody works in the same way and that some people need help to get going. Great volunteers understand that they are best ambassadors their groups can have. And that they are also ambassadors for the entire community. On this page you'll meet many great volunteers -- men and women who believe in what they are doing and, in the process, help make Revelstoke such a terrific place to live. |
Great Volunteers - 2006
| Club Nominee |
Reason | Picture |
| Elks Don Osachoff |
A long-time Elk, Don is currently the 4th Vice President of the BC Elks Association. |  |
| Loyal Order of the Moose Dave Kruger |
Dave has worked long and hard to make the Loyal Order of the Moose one of Revelstoke's best known service organizations -- one dedicated to improving community life. |  |
| Lions Club Jessie Olson |
A long-time and dedicated Lion Jessie Olson embodies the best qualities of a Lions Club member and whole-hearted volunteer. |  |
| Rotary Club Malcolm Bott |
Malcolm has for years worked with the Rotary Club, as both a past-president and member, to improve the quality of life in our community. |  |
| OC Adult Literacy Tutoring 1. Georgia Sumner 2. Pat Sieber |
Both are long term volunteers whose knowledge
and skills have benefited the program tremendously.
They are exceptionally dedicated to the learners in the program. |
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| OC English Language Services for Adults Judy Silvester |
Judy is a new volunteer, is very dedicated, and learners have commented on her patience and kindness. |  |
| Revelstoke Child Care Society Carolyn Duncan |
Carolyn is the RCCS chair, is involved with all the children's events, and serves on many other related committees. |  |
| Revelstoke Community Foundation Geoff Battersby |
A dedicated Revelstokians whose broad experience in community affairs needs little introduction, Geoff has been a pillar of the foundation since its inception |  |
| Revelstoke Awareness & Outreach Program Alice Daniels |
Dedicated and reliable, Alice handles all the administrative duties as well as acting as program coordinator and a community-spirited peer volunteer trainer. |  |
| Options for Sexual Health Revelstoke Branch 1. Karen Dube 2. Pat Punt 3. Roberta Skalicky 4. Whitney Konkin |
Karen is dedicated, committed, reliable, and
represents the organization in an exemplary way. She communicates well
with clients, is very caring and a good listener. She is a true asset to
the organization.
Pat goes above and beyond her role as secretary. Roberta is our proficient 'bean counter' and keeps finances and reports in timely fashion. She is a real asset to the board. Whitney is keen, committed and dedicated to providing services to her peer group. She is a great liaison between young people and the clinic and always has lots of good ideas to further the profile of the SAFER clinic. |
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| Public Health Jackie Heppell |
Jackie comes twice a week for Child Health Clinics, assists with flu clinics and has been a fabulous helper at the three-year-old clinic. |  |
| Toastmasters Club Bob Loeppky |
Bob runs the speechcraft portion of the Miss Revelstoke Pageant, puts in many hours with the candidates and has achieved outstanding results in terms of the communication skills the girls have developed. |  |
| Revelstoke Youth Soccer 1.Brenda Jones 2. Kate McKenzie |
Brenda is the RYS treasurer who has put in many
hours as the group's primary parent contact while juggling the bookkeeping
and organizing our fundraising
Kate, our registrar, looks after 300 registrations every year. |
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| Boxing Club Sam LeRose |
Sam has devoted over 20 hours a month in organizing, coaching, fund raising and physical labour on club projects. He travels frequently at his own expense for club related activities. |  |
| Minor Hockey Association Brenda Jones |
Brenda is an executive member who holds two positions. She volunteers countless hours, constantly going above and beyond in order to help ensure that our Minor Hockey program is successful | |
| Selkirk Sky Sailors Jerry Livesay |
Jerry started paragliding at age 65 on his own time and money. He built a wind speed reporting system for the club | Photo unavailable |
| Cycling Association Keith McNab |
Long and Distinguished service |  |
| Grizzlies Hockey 1. Dinah Collette 2. Greg Wagner |
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| Community Futures Development Corporation Mike Cummings |
Mike has been a dedicated volunteer with CFDC and a tireless promoter of the community. |  |
| BC Interior Forestry Museum Allan McInnes |
Allan has been an unflagging worker acquiring and cleaning up vintage logging equipment for display over the last six years. |  |
| Revelstoke Mountain Culture Society 1. Mike Irvine 2. Heidi Bell (photo unavailable) |
Mike has proven himself to be a volunteer
dedicated to the growth of the new Mountain Culture Society.
Heidi worked long hours to make the 2006 Mountain Beats Festival a true success. |
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| Revelstoke Museum & Archives Jan Feldinger |
Jan has been a faithful volunteer for several years. She spends one afternoon a week from September to June on a variety of ongoing tasks. |  |
| Revelstoke Visual Arts Centre 1. Ken Sakamoto 2. Mark McKay |
Ken Sakamoto selflessly donated hundreds
of hours to renovate and upgrade the Visual Arts Centre.
Mark McKay has, since 2002, worked tirelessly to, first, help create the Visual Arts Centre and, later on, renovate and upgrade it. |
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| Canadian Club 1. Cy Hemus 2. Lorna Duncan |
Cy is a former president who has garnered corporate
donations to cover newspaper ads to publicize speakers.
Lorna, a former president, travels to national and regional meetings at her own expense. |
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| Crime Stoppers Judy Krywa |
Judy has been a flagging promoter of Crime Stopper and one of the key figures in keeping the program alive and growing. |  |
| Family Literacy Advisory Committee Pat Sieber |
Pat has been the key in getting the one-to-one program in Revelstoke and in sustaining the program for the last four years. | |
| Revelstoke Food Bank 1. Bernie Scott 2. Karen Dadge |
Bernie and Karen have for years been dedicated to the success of the Food Bank program. | 
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| Revelstoke Hospice Society Jill Holloway and Lois Masur, Mary Carlson (picture unavailable) and Jordie Anderson (picture unavailable) |
These ladies perform truly admirable work assisting the dying and their families cope with the unavoidable final transition in life. |  |
| Revelstoke Hospital Auxiliary Society Martha Gawiuk, Patti Larson, Jean Takkinen, Wendy Larson, Audrey Lally, Shelby Harvey, Gayle Holitzki, Shirley Vanryckeghem, Diane Wiege, Greta Speerbrecker, Gerry Farren, Noreen Tottenham |
These ladies, like all the other
Hospital Auxiliary volunteers they represent, have been the backbone of
this vital group.
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