Business posted Apr 28, 2016 @ 05:48am by Alex Soloducha

2015 Civic and Community Award winners announced

Some Kelowna residents deserve to be walking with their head held a little higher today.

The City of Kelowna announced the successful Civic and Community Awards finalists on Wednesday night at the Kelowna Community Theatre.

<who> Photo Credit: KelownaNow. </who> The Kelowna Rockets 2014/2015 Hockey Club won the Bryan Couling Memorial Award – Athletic Team of the Year.

The 2015 recipients are:

Anita Tozer Memorial Award

Sharon Shepherd

The 41st annual Kelowna Civic and Community Awards Gala is tonight at the Kelowna Community theatre! #kelownanow #civiccommunityawards

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Bob Giordano Memorial Award

Dennis Richardson

Bryan Couling Memorial Award – Athletic Team of the Year

The Kelowna Rockets 2014/2015 Hockey Club

Female Athlete of the Year Award

Kierra Smith

<who> Photo Credit: KelownaNow. </who> Photo Credit: Pan-Am gold medalist Kierra Smith won the Female Athlete of the Year Award.

Male Athlete of the Year Award

Will Dean

Female Augie Ciancone Memorial Award

Ellie McCarthy

Male Augie Ciancone Memorial Award

Parker Simson

Young Female Volunteer of the Year Award

Maya Gay

<who> Photo Credit: Maya Gay. </who> Maya Gay (right) eon the Young Female Volunteer of the Year Award.

Young Male Volunteer of the Year Award

Stuart Isherwood

Teen Honour in the Arts Award

Lauren Maier

Honour in the Arts Award

Rosemary Thomson

Central Okanagan Foundation – Volunteer Organization of the Year Award

Hands in Service

Fred Macklin Memorial Award - Man of the Year Award

Raghwa Gopal

<who> Photo Credit: BC Venture Acceleration Blog. </who> Raghwa Gopal, Accelerate Okanagan's CEO, won the Fred Macklin Memorial Award - Man of the Year Award.

Sarah Donalda Treadgold Memorial Award - Woman of the Year Award

Lorena Mead

<who> Photo Credit: KelownaNow. </who> Coach Lorena Mead (far right) won the Sarah Donalda Treadgold Memorial Award - Woman of the Year Award.

Corporate Community of the Year Award

Small /Medium Business

Boyd Autobody & Glass

Large Business

Valley First

Champion for the Environment Award

Individual

Hugh Westheuser

Business

Unless Market

<who> Photo Credit: Unless Market on Facebook. </who> Unless Market won for Champion for the Environment among businesses.

The Young Female and Male Volunteers of the Year Award finalists and recipients will each be receiving funding towards their post-secondary education, including $1,000 for each award recipient and $500 for each of the two finalists. The funding is sponsored by the Thomas Alan Budd Foundation.

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