Eleanor Malkin
Eleanor
Malkin has been extraordinarily successful in raising funds for
worthwhile causes. By giving generously of her time and energy,
she has made a considerable difference to the cultural life of her
home town: Vancouver.
Her charitable
work started many years ago and continues to this day. She joined
the Junior League in 1936 and was a founding member of the Vancouver
Symphony Society in 1947. During her term as symphony president,
she initiated the first school concerts and orchestra tours through
the province.
In 1964 she
founded the Society for the Welfare of the Arts, Sciences and Health,
better known as SIWASH. This annual gala charity auction used its
first year's proceeds to set up the volunteer services at the Health
Science Centre at U.B.C. and help the Vancouver Symphony Society.
Later it was renamed the "Endeavor Society" and during
30 years it has raised nearly $7 million and distributed it to 76
beneficiaries.
No stranger
to awards, our recipient was inducted into the Order of Canada in
1991 for her work in endeavor and more recently in 1995 won the
YWCA Woman of Distinction Award for community and humanitarian service.
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