Outstanding citizens honoured

The winners of Kelowna’s 47th annual Civic and Community Awards were announced Thursday night at the awards night held at the Laurel Packinghouse.

The winners are:

Anita Tozer Memorial Award – bestowed by Council

Edna Terbasket

Bob Giordano Memorial Award – Coach/Sport Administrator of the Year

Mike Sodaro

Bryan Couling Memorial Award – Athletic Team of the Year

Kelowna Secondary School Owls Boys Volleyball Team

Female Athlete of the Year Award

Malindi Elmore

Male Athlete of the Year Award

Jerome Blake

Augie Ciancone Memorial Award – Young Female Athlete

Tatum Wade

Augie Ciancone Memorial Award – Young Male Athlete

Tie: Everett Schmuland & Nathan Loo

Teen Honour in the Arts Award

Dryden Bennett

Honour in the Arts Award

Jennifer Money

Central Okanagan Foundation’s Volunteer Organization of the Year Award

Canadian Mental Health Association – Kelowna

Corporate Community of the Year Award

Toyota Kelowna

Champion for the Environment Award

Don Dobson

Fred Macklin & Sarah Donalda-Treadgold Memorial Award – Citizen of the Year

Lloyd Nelson

Young Citizen of the Year Award

David Withler

The Young Citizen of the Year finalists will receive funding towards their post-secondary education through the Payton and Dillon Budd Memorial Fund Youth Scholarship. The award recipient will receive $2,000, while each of the two remaining finalists will receive $1,000.

The recipient of the Teen Honour in the Arts award will receive a $500 entrance scholarship to the University of British Columbia Okanagan, courtesy of the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies.

For more on the Civic & Community Awards and the recipients, visit kelowna.ca/civicawards.