Congratulations to this year's volunteer award recipients! Recipients are thanked and receive their awards at the Annual Volunteer Awards Ceremony, April 18th.

Volunteer of the Year

Community Groups

Individuals by District

VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR: Richard Bureau

Richard's passion for soccer has led to a life-long commitment to the game and to giving others in his community the opportunity to know and love soccer. For more than 30 years, he has trained soccer coaches, competitive soccer teams and recreational soccer players. He currently devotes a significant amount of time on a weekly basis to the Halifax City Soccer Club where he coaches the Under 12 Select Team and supports other Club programs. He manages to carve out time from a very busy law practice, an active family life and other volunteer commitments to share his time, talents and technical knowledge with young players who are keen to develop their skills. He instills strong values in those players including good sportsmanship, commitment, promptness, hard work, trying your best, having fun, looking after your body and to adopt an active, healthy lifestyle.

In addition to his devotion to soccer, Richard has also been involved with Dartmouth Adult Services Centre (DASC) Industries, University of Kings College, The Continuing Legal Education Society of Nova Scotia, providing wills and estate planning advice on a volunteer basis to terminally ill patients, BMW Club of Atlantic Canada, Halifax Alta Gymnastics Club, Abilities Foundation of Nova Scotia and Injury Free Nova Scotia.

COMMUNITY GROUPS

The Take Action Society
Friends of McNabs Island Society
The Youth Project Society

RECIPIENTS BY DISTRICT

District 1

Daryl Hayes
Sonia Watson

District 2

Stephanie Dube
Charlie Franchville
Charles “Bussy” Grimes
Joanne Guilderson
Michael Hughes
Hazel Evelyn MacLean
Jessica Robinson (Youth)
Wayne MacRae

District 3

Susan Abboud
Laura Campbell
Monica Hoveland
Shelley Peddle
Jessica Romo (Youth)
Ross Russell
Krista Stacey

District 4

Donald Carter
Pat Rodenhiser

District 5

Stephanie Jones
Felix Perry
Aet Sandstrom

District 6

Adam Arthur
Robert Bentley     

Christian Buckley (Youth)
Marie Burrell
Paul Carroll
Max Chauvin
Simon Gillis
Jonathan Patenaude
(Youth)
Shelley Raniowski

District 7

Asia Black (Youth)
Emma Cruddas (Youth)
Bruce Fillmore
Nancy Schurman
Arthur & Eileen Smith

District 8
Cherry Cavill
Anja Clyke
Alicia LaPierre (Youth)
Cindy Morash

District 9

Doris Buffett-MacDonald
Roseanna Cleveland
Charlene Duguay
Frances Hunter
Susan Kilbride Roper
Britanny Peters (Youth)
Lyssa Peters
Josie Spencer

District 10

George C. Findlay
Mei Wang

District 11

James Buffett (Youth)
Andrew Nicholson (Youth)
Blanche Potter-Creighton
Robert Stapells

District 12

Shaquoya Bundy (Youth)
Judy Grice
Melissa Mathers

District 13

Richard Bureau

District 14

Brittanie Walker-Reid

District 15

Harold Smith

District 16

Fred Haley

District 17

Eloise Graves
Leo Kennedy

District 18

Ruth & Frank Fisher
Caitlin Heimpel (Youth)

District 19

Bob Audoux
Cindy Parsons
Mike Sanford

District 20
Melinda Burton
Stefanie Shute
Allan Smith
Bette Thistle

District 21
Carmel Carrigan
Marjorie & James Kirby
Carmen Lee (Youth)
Carol Loncarevic

Al Scott
Robert (Bob) Short
Jean St-Amand

District 23
Adrian Anderson
Kevin Conrad
John Leon
Jonathan Wadden (Youth)