Sundre Community Awards Night 2007

About 140 people attended the gala Sundre Community Awards Night at the Sundre Community Centre Saturday, recognizing the outstanding volunteer and community service efforts of individuals and groups.

The theme of the evening was the Small town with the big backyard. Stephen Dodwell was the emcee.

Co-sponsored by Family Community Support Services, the Sundre and District Chamber of Commerce, the Town of Sundre and Mountain View Country, the event saw a dozen awards presented.

The Community Spirit Award went to Arlene Hautzinger, the Outstanding Volunteer Award went to John Grimstead, the Employee of the Year award went to Pat McKay, the Employer of the Year award went to Kristy Smith, the Ambassador of the Year award went to Amanda Cunningham. The Leader of Tomorrow award went to Keith Eslinger; The Sundre and District Historical won the Arts and Cultural Award; Robyn Wall won the Youth Leadership award; Crystal Webb won the Youth Volunteer award; and Connie Anderson won the 4-Way Stop Award.

Local cowboy poet Tom King recited several of his poems during the mid-evening break in presentations.

Sundre Mayor Roy Cummings, Mountain View County Reeve Al Kemmere and MLA Ty Lund were the official presenters during the evening's event.

As part of the festivities, guests assembled a large puzzle featuring photographs of various Sundre activities.

FCSS executive director Wendy Dichrow concluded the evening by commending Sundre's many volunteers and service organizations for their efforts throughout the year.

Thank You
2007 Sundre Community Awards Night
We would like to acknowledge the following sponsors and volunteers for making this event a great success.

The Community - Thank you for your nominations and support of the event

Sponsors
Town of Sundre Family Community Support Services
County of Mountain View Family Community Support Services
Sundre Chamber of Commerce

Sponsors of the Community Awards
Town of Sundre
Ckfm 97.7, Olds Radio Station
Sundre Art Society
Sundre Aquaplex
Braxxon Excavation
Otter Rafting
4 way Stop Businesses
4way Dollar Store, Century 21, Classic Lunch and Cakery
Harvest Moon Restaurant, James Mcallister CFP, P & L Hardware,
Little Country Cappuccino, Honey Bee’s, Sew Perfect, Sundre Hotel
Sundre Motors, Taperette Hair Studio, VHQ, Westview Insurance
Thank you for your contributions

Thank you to all the Volunteers
The Lions Club for bar tendering,
Sundre Forest Products and Wilds Home Hardware for the donation of wood,
Don Gibson for building the puzzle frame,
Tom King for coming on such short notice and bringing Country Poetry and humor to the event
Ingrid and Michael May for working countless hours on the community puzzle and organizing the event
Stephen Dodwell for your time, organizational skills and emceeing the event
Paula Dodwell for her help with set up, take down and the snack presentation
Merrill Long for common sense and keeping us grounded
Marita Stermann for her creative ideas and production of the power point presentation
And thank you to all at Greenwood Neighbourhood Place.
Thank you for your dedication, commitment and hard work.

Thank you to Little Country Cappuccino for catering an outstanding lunch.

Sundre FCSS (Family Community Support Services)

Pictures of the Event

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We will put more pictures of the awards and the awards winner on this page. Please visit again.