11 residents selected for West Lincoln Community Recognition Awards

The results are in! Winners of the Township of West Lincoln’s 2024 Community Recognition Awards have been selected and will be honoured at an awards ceremony on October 22.

Congratulations to Carson McFarlane, who won in the General Youth Community Engagement category, to Shawn Redmond, who won in the Recreation/Sports category, to Nicole Scime, who won in the Cultural category, and to Vern Dell, who won in the General Volunteerism category. Lucien Rene and Ken Hunter are also being awarded posthumously in the General Volunteerism category.

Thanks to the incredible quality of this year’s nominations, a new award category has been added to the bill. Congratulations to the winners of the Township’s new Lifetime Community Volunteerism Award: Jean Acton, Joanne Battersby, Joan Packham and Cliff Travis for their general contributions and Milt Balint for his sports and recreation contributions.

Families and friends of the winners, along with all members of the public, are invited to attend a celebratory event on Tuesday, October 22, at 7 p.m., in the Library Community Room at 177 West Street, in Smithville.

Learn more about the West Lincoln Community Recognition Awards at www.westlincoln.ca/communityawards. For notifications and important updates, remember to follow the Township of West Lincoln on Facebook, X and Instagram @TWPWestLincoln.

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“I was absolutely delighted with the high quality of nominations we received. We are blessed with many, many talented residents who passionately give back to our community, so it was great to see friends and neighbours taking time to put their gratitude for these people into words. On behalf of our awards committee, I would like to thank our judges for their contribution and say congratulations to all of our winners. We look forward to celebrating their achievements at our awards ceremony on October 22.”

Mayor Cheryl Ganann

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