Volunteer MBC Marks National Volunteer Week with Youthful V-Oscars and Flag-Raising Ceremony — Volunteer MBC
BRAMPTON, Ontario – April 28, 2022 – Senmer — Ahead of National Volunteer Week, Volunteer MBC hosted its first ever flag-raising ceremony at Mississauga Celebration Square on Sunday, and the City of Mississauga honoured the occasion by lighting the clock tower green. Three days prior, the 2022 Virtual V-Oscars, Peel Region’s ultimate volunteer recognition event presented by Maritime-Ontario, was live-streamed featuring 74 volunteer award nominees and 90 COVID-19 Star medalists.
Themed ‘Empathy in Action’ this year, National Volunteer Week brings Canada together in celebrating volunteerism in all its life-altering forms. While volunteers of all ages and walks of life shone at the V-Oscars, the most notable stage presence was the overwhelming number of youth, from volunteer award nominees and recipients, COVID-19 Stars, to performers, co-hosts and enthused event attendees.
Here are the 2022 Virtual V-Oscars award recipients:
● Karen Brannon (William Osler Health System) – Lois Rice Lifetime Volunteer Achievement Award supported by Lois Rice
● Nelly Gong (United Way Greater Toronto) – John Huether Award for Volunteering Excellence sponsored by The Co-operators
● Juliet Jackson (Peel Children’s Aid Society) – Bonnie Yagar Award for Outstanding Board Leadership sponsored by Pallett Valo LLP
● Divya Arora (Community Climate Council) – Leader in Volunteer Engagement Award sponsored by BTI Brand Innovations
● Tarini Arora (William Osler Health System) – Newcomer Gem Volunteer Award sponsored by DoGood Fundraising
● Chinese Advisory Council of United Way Greater Toronto – Continuum of Care Award supported by Jim Waechter
● Rachel Stubits (Community Living Mississauga)
● Lynn Friedman (Volunteer MBC) – Helping Hands Award – Mississauga supported by Sukhjit Singh Ahluwalia
● Myrol Parsons (Regeneration Outreach Community) – Helping Hands Award – Brampton sponsored by Rotary Club of Brampton
● Nicole Yardy (Community Climate Council) – Helping Hands Award – Caledon sponsored by Rotary Club of Palgrave
● Cancian Family (Caledon Community Services) – Family VolunTree Award sponsored by Peel Children’s Aid Foundation
● Vollit (nominated by Volunteer MBC) – Youth Lead by Example Award supported by Perera Family
● Erinwood Ford (nominated by the Victorian Order of Nurses Peel) – Business Vitality Award – Mississauga sponsored by OASSIS Benefit Plans
● Scotiabank at Highway 10 & Ray Lawson (nominated by Volunteer MBC) – Business Vitality Award – Brampton supported by Arno Ilic
● CANES Community Care (nominated by Victorian Order of Nurses Peel and Caledon Meals on Wheels) – Business Vitality Award – Caledon supported by the Town of Caledon
About Volunteer MBC
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