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Volunteer Appreciation 2014

06 Apr Posted by in Events | Comments Off on Volunteer Appreciation 2014
Volunteer Appreciation 2014
 

OUR GROUP AT THE TABLE –

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SIB AND DON PEDEN –

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The County of Parkland put on their 7th Volunteer Appreciation night for the community associations in the county on April 5, 2014.

Annual Volunteer Appreciation Night

Organized by Parkland County, Alberta
Held at the Clymont Hall, on Highway 60, South of Enoch
April 5, 2014

Here is a little bit about the evening –

The Decorating

There were balloon arrangements in various areas of the hall, as well as over the tables. Consistency with the theme was created by two very large bird kites, one “soaring” on each side of the stage. The decorating was original and creative.

THE BEVERAGE TABLE –

Vol App 2014 Bev table

BALOONS –

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MORE BALOONS –

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AND YET MORE BALOONS! –

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The theme of the evening was:

SOARING TO NEW HEIGHTS

THE PROGRAM –

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THE INSPIRING PRESENTATION

The presentation was creatively and skillfully integrated into the evening’s theme by doing an analogy of a kite.

THE KITES –

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The nuggets that I gleaned
– as recounted by Sherrill Thompson:

THE KITE ANOLOGY
PRESENTER: BRENT COLLINGWOOD

A) THE FABRIC / MATERIAL
The fabric is the essence of a kite. It must be woven tightly in order for the kite to be able to soar. We (the people) are …

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The volunteers from each hall that were honored

The halls that were represented, and the volunteers that were honored from each of the halls were:

DIVISION 1

Woodbend Community – Don Dreveski
Clymont Community League – Cindy Kuhl

DIVISION 2

Parkland Big Lake Area Community Association – Mitch Fix
Parkland Village Community Centre – Christal Welsford
Sandhills Community Hall – Florence and Al Charlet

DIVISION 3

Muir Lake Community League – Keltie vanEngelen

DIVISION 4

Golden Spike Community Center – Brian Hennig
Rosenthal Hall Association – Chelsea Strachan
Blueberry Community League – Mike Ferrige

DIVISION 5

Carvel Ukrainian Cultural Society – Colleen Porozni
Duffield Community Hall Association – Linda Rimney
Keephills Community Association – Ruth Dunbar

DIVISION 6

Fallis Community Association = Barb and Dan Golka
Tomahawk and District Sports Agra Society – Wilfred and Joyce Goerz
Magnolia Community Club – Sib and Don Peden

And last but not least …

Magnolia Hall’s volunteers

The last volunteers to be honored were our own Sib and Don Peden. I guess they saved the best for last! The award was presented by the Mayor of Parkland County, Rod Sheigec, also a member of the Carvel Ukrainian Cultural Society, represented above.

MAJOR OF PARKLAND COUNTY ROD SHEIGEC

PRESENTS THE VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION AWARD

TO DON AND SIB PEDEN –

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Write-up for Don and Sib

… presented at the event

Sib and Don are amazing people.

Sib is a person who needs to be busy and productive and Don backs her all the way. He realizes how important it is for Sib to contribute to various things. And he gives her a strong hand and contributes to the job at hand, and is patient until she feels the job is done and is ready to go home.

The family have in the past been contributors of 4H, Gymkhana, sports, aerial skiing, fairs and

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ANOTHER BALLOON –

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And at the end of the evening …

WE CONGRATULATED OUR VOLUNTEERS!

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