Call for nominations: Community Spirit Awards!

SARAH HAXBY Bowen Island Community School

How do we recognize the people in the community who make a positive difference? The Community School Association continues the Association of Community Education in British Columbia (ACEbc) tradition of annually recognizing people in the community with once in a lifetime award of recognition

It is important to take time to recognize the many big and small ways in which people give back to the community, and to thank everyone who helps to improve and serve our community as volunteers, educators, and leaders We are lucky to have many people who go the extra mile My favourite binder in the Community School Coordinator office is for the Awards list of everyone who has received the awards over the years: from Susan Clarke for running the Food Bank, to Lloyd Harding as a Bowen Island Volunteer Firefighter with over a half century of service, to Tir-na-nOg for Youth Leadership in 1992, which is the first year on record for these awards, which means there have been awards handed out in the community for over 30 years!

We are asking for your stories of people who have made a positive difference in the community and the community school Is there someone in the community who has made it a better place that you would like to be recognized?

Nominations are now open and the categories are: Bowen Island Community School Volunteer(s) of the Year Award, Community Youth Lea dership Award, Community Resident, Agency, Organization, or Individual, and the Educator Award, which is presented to an individual or team of teachers, or educators, of a school or organization who have rendered exemplary service, support, and leadership in the development of community education at the school, centre or neighbourhood level

Award recipients receive a certificate and a small gift of thanks donated by the Community School Association Recipients and have their names put into the Community Spirit Awards binder and are shared in the Bowen Island Undercurrent

Please let us know the names of your nominees, and 1-2 sentences sharing why you are nominating them Nominations can be as simple as you sharing your thoughts, or there are paper and e-nominations forms available, if you like to fill out forms Please email shaxby@wvschools ca for more information, and please email, or drop-off your nominations to the BICS office by June 12, thank you.

Mark your calendars: the Community Spirit Awards will be presented at the BICS Year End Assembly on June 27.

On Sunday, June 4, five North Shore Baseball Association teams from age groups U5, U7, U9, U11, and U13 attended the Vancouver Canadians game at Nat Bailey Stadium. All of the NSBA players tickets were paid for by generous donors Tim Kerr, Home Farm Gardens, and Jacquet Electric 186 seats were occupied by families from Bowen Island. It was a big 7-3 win for the Canadians versus the Eugene Emeralds!