Each year, communities all across Canada celebrate National Volunteer Week. National Volunteer Week 2007 takes place from April 15th to April 21st. The primary purpose of this specially designated week is to thank and honour people who donate their time to help others by supporting the causes in which they believe. Volunteer Week also serves to reinforce the human values that volunteering represents and increase awareness of the vital importance of volunteerism to our communities.
Recreation Nova Scotia promotes volunteerism by encouraging Nova Scotian communities to conduct Volunteer Week activities and by emphasizing the recognition of volunteers through:
- Increasing awareness of volunteers and volunteer programs.
- Recognizing and thanking those who volunteer.
- Encouraging more people to volunteer.
- Making available volunteer recognition resources to schools, health-related, organizations and institutions, non-profit groups and agencies, and municipalities in order that volunteer contributions are recognized and appreciated.
- Encouraging all non-profit, volunteer organizations to honour all their volunteers, during Volunteer Week and throughout the year.
- Encouraging incorporated municipalities to designate an individual who will represent all volunteers in the community for recognition on Volunteer Awards Day.
- Recognizing one youth as Volunteer Youth of the Year.
- Recognizing a Model Volunteer Community of the Year.
- Recognizing businesses for their contribution to the voluntary sector with the Building Healthier Future Corporate Award.
- Recognize a family with the Volunteer Family of the Year Award.
33rd Annual Provincial Volunteer Awards Ceremony - April 10, 2007
The 33rd Annual Provincial Volunteer Awards Ceremony and Dinner will be held Tuesday, April 10th at the Westin Hotel, Halifax. The Ceremony takes place from 1 to 4 p.m.; the Dinner will follow at 4:30 p.m. More than 60 volunteers will be honored for the tremendous contributions they have made to their communities and to the province.
More than 60 volunteer representative awards will be presented along with four specialty awards.
2006 Signature Sponsors
Awards Presented
Representative Volunteer Award
Award is given to volunteers who have made an outstanding contribution in their community. Municipalities, towns and villages select one volunteer who will come forward on behalf of all the volunteers in their area to be recognized. This award is bestowed only once to an individual.
Please Note Representative Volunteer Submission Forms must be prepared by the Municipality/Town/Village. Representative Community Group or Individual interest in nominating a person for this recognition must contact the Municipality/Town/Village representative for information on the selection process at the local level.
Model Volunteer Community Award
Recognizes a community that has shown ongoing support for volunteers that has worked together as a community on a project or projects to enhance the lives of its members, and managed, through the support of volunteers, to make their community a better place in which to live.
Youth Volunteer of the Year
Recognizes a youth who has made a significant contribution as a volunteer.
Building Healthier Futures Corporate Award
Recognizes a corporation that has made significant contributions through support and encouragement of employee volunteerism or shown corporate support for community initiatives.
Volunteer Family Award
Non-profit organizations, community groups, businesses, individuals and municipalities may nominate a family in Nova Scotia that have made outstanding contributions as volunteers. The recipient will be a family who has demonstrated outstanding and consistent caring for the improvement of the community around them.
2006 Award Recipients
- Volunteer Youth of the Year Award - Ryan Matthews, Parrsboro
- Building Healthier Futures Corporate Award - Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline
- Family Volunteer Award - Elliott Family, Economy
- Model Volunteer Community of the Year Award - Town of Lunenburg.
Representative Volunteer Award Recipients:
- John Dan MacNeil - Municipality of County of Inverness
- Roy William Sturmy - Town of Port Hawkesbury
- Richard Roberts - Victoria County
- Sandy MacAdam - Cape Breton Regional Municipality
- Elaine Noseworthy - Municipality of County of Richmond
- Fred Robert Were - Halifax Regional Municipality
- Eldon Rudolph - Halifax Regional Municipality
- Evelina Upshaw - Halifax Regional Municipality
- Lewis Turner - Halifax Regional Municipality
- Marjorie J.H. Willison - Halifax Regional Municipality
- Matthew B. Giffin - Halifax Regional Municipality
- Goldie E. Dickie - Halifax Regional Municipality
- Carol MacAskill - Halifax Regional Municipality
- Ann Marie Begin - Halifax Regional Municipality
- Allison Morash - Halifax Regional Municipality
- Lewis Brown - Town of Parrsboro
- Alice Sanderson - Municipality of the County of Cumberland
- Mike Mabey The Village of Bible Hill
- Jim A. MacDonald - Town of Springhill
- Scott Annand - Town of Truro
- Rod Nielson - Municipality of the County of Colchester
- Sharon Murphy - Town of Amherst
- Bernice Donaldson - Mun. of the District of East Hants
- James Michaud - Mun of the Dist. of St. Mary’s
- Rose Boudreau - Town of Canso
- Don MacIsaac - Town of Pictou
- Bev Morse - Municipality of the County of Pictou
- Petra Power - Town of Mulgrave
- Lorraine Torrey - Mun. of the Dist. of Guysborough
- Margaret Chisholm - Town of New Glasgow
- Kathryn Saunders - Town of Stellarton
- Lavonah Madden - Mun. of the Co. of Antigonish
- Jim Christison - Town of Trenton
- Joey Duggan - Town of Antigonish
- Gus Fahey - Town of Westville
- Corey Robar - Municipality of the District of Lunenburg
- Marie Hupman - Town of Lockeport
- Donald C. Bower - Municipality of the District of Shelburne
- Leona Mae Devine - Mun of the Dist of Barrington
- Keith Bridgeo- Municipality of the District of Yarmouth
- Bruce Hopkins - Town of Yarmouth
- Jean-Bernard d’Entremont - Mun. of the Dist. of Argyle
- Barbara Falk - Town of Shelburne
- Muriel Canning - Region of Queens Municipality
- Geraldine Tanner - Town of Lunenburg
- Vernon Oickle - Town of Bridgewater
- Lorne Elden Pearse - Town of Mahone Bay
- Sharon Rafuse - Mun of the Dist of Chester
- Maurice Whynot - Region of Queens Municipality
- Marjorie Ross - Town of Clark’s Harbour
- Gerald Raymond - Town of Windsor
- Erle S. Dolsen - Town of Berwick
- The Rotary Club of Kentville - Town of Kentville
- Robert Cushing - Mun. of the Co. of Kings
- Rick Smith - Town of Annapolis Royal
- Peter Turnbull - Town of Digby
- Maryann McCormick - Municipality of Digby
- Kathy Day - Town of Wolfville
- Barry Bruce-Payne - Mun. of the District of West Hants
- Anne Cottenden - Town of Bridgetown
- Howard Selig - Town of Middleton
- Donald McNeil - Town of Hantsport
- Eddie J. Thimot - Municipality of the District of Clare
- Robert Wade - Municipality of the County of Annapolis
2006 Media Kit
- includes award citations for 68 recipients click here to download
2006 Nomination Forms
Nomination forms for the 2006 awards are available at the RNS office. Deadline for submissions is March 10,2006.
Model Volunteer Comm Award (pdf, 61k)
Family Volunteer Award (pdf, 132k)
Youth Volunteer Nomination Form (pdf, 86k)
Rep. Volunteer Submission Form (pdf, 74k)
Building Healthier Futures Corporate Award (doc,41.5KB)
Community Contacts for Representative Volunteer Awards (21KB)
Volunteer Recognition Items and Gifts
We are pleased to make available a wide selection of attractive products to recognize the contributions and achievements of your volunteers. Recognition items are valuable in promoting your organization’s volunteer activities and programs. They are an excellent way of celebrating and paying tribute to your volunteers throughout the year during Provincial Volunteer Week.
For more information, download our Volunteer Recognition Items Brochure (PDF, 1.88mb)
Past Recipients
The past work of the countless volunteers who have been acknowledged will never be forgotten. To view past recipients of volunteer awards, Click here.
2005 Awards Photo Gallery
Photos from the 2005 awards have been posted in our photo gallery section.
- 2006 Volunteer Awards Press Kit to be posted shortly.
- Sample of 2005 Volunteer Awards Press Kit includes detailed bios on the award, logos and other material.
Please note: These files are in PDF format and require the Adobe® Acrobat® Reader to view. If you do not have the Reader, you can download the program free of charge.
