Volunteer Recognition Awards

Every year, we ask Port Coquitlam residents to share which local volunteers make a difference in the community by recognizing them with a nomination. Our Volunteer Recognition Awards event — an invitation-only night of fun, food and entertainment sponsored by FortisBC — is held during National Volunteer Week in April. The Port Coquitlam Volunteer Recognition Awards have honoured 130 recipients and hundreds more nominees since 1997. Volunteers are the roots of Port Coquitlam is this year’s theme for this year’s annual volunteer award program.
Award Categories
Port Coquitlam Volunteer of the Year: Antoni Kostka
The Port Coquitlam Volunteer of the Year Award recognizes volunteers involved in any of the following areas:
Arts, Heritage, and Cultural Services
Preserves and celebrates Port Coquitlam’s past and shares our community heritage with others and/or promotes the arts and cultural development of our community.
Caring and Safety
Enhances and promotes the community through caring actions and outstanding acts of humanitarianism; contributes towards making Port Coquitlam a safer place for residents of all ages.
Youth Programs
Recognizes volunteers of all ages who support our community’s youth programs, excluding amateur athletics (see Sports and Recreation category).
Environmental Protection and Enhancement
Demonstrates an outstanding commitment to the promotion and preservation of Port Coquitlam’s natural environment for present and future generations.
Sports and Recreation
Enhances the quality of physical activity in Port Coquitlam; contributes to the management and/or operations of a sports or recreation activity; demonstrates outstanding dedication to Port Coquitlam’s sports and recreation community.
Future Leader, Youth Volunteer of the Year (U25 Youth Under Age 25): Chloe Goodison
The Future Leader, Youth Volunteer of the Year (U25 Youth Under Age 25) Award is reserved for the recognition of a Port Coquitlam youth, under the age of 25, who has demonstrated a commitment to our community and has made extraordinary volunteer contributions in any of the categories above.
Lifetime Volunteer: Ann Pratt
The Lifetime Volunteer Award recognizes an individual who has dedicated many years to improving the community through their volunteer service in any area. Anyone nominated for a Port Coquitlam Volunteer of the Year Award may be considered for this award.
Lifetime Volunteer: Bryan Ness
The Lifetime Volunteer Award recognizes an individual who has dedicated many years to improving the community through their volunteer service in any area. Anyone nominated for a Port Coquitlam Volunteer of the Year Award may be considered for this award.
2023 Nominees
Port Coquitlam Volunteer of the Year
Manuelito (Mannix) Abaya Fernanda Amaro Sarah Arsenault Sherri-Lyn Citulec Meena Dhillon Sheri Fedeyko Sandra Gagne Jacqueline (Jacki) Goring Joan Gould Thomasina Hewer |
Kathy-Rose Hildebrand Helen Howes Brittany Johnson Bill Jones Antoni (Tony) Kostka Fran Laidlaw Janis Mack Shari Monsma Tammy Moyer Pooja Patel |
Claire Pinkett Ann Pratt Bill Pratt James Putnam Denis Sleightholme Denise Spletzer Keith Walker Mark Williams Alanna Wong |
Future Leader – Youth Volunteer of the Year Nominees
Nathan Amin Megan Chan Maria Chedraoui Jimmy Chen Narissa Gillani |
Chloe Goodison Rachel Jang Aidan Kokotilo-Moen Casey Kong Alba Latorre |
Eg Manilag Kayla Stewart Olivia Tuan Jenny Zhang |
Nomination Criteria
- Nominees can be any age and do not have to be a Port Coquitlam resident.
- Self-nominations are permitted.
- Past Port Coquitlam Volunteer Recognition Award recipients are not eligible for nomination except for the Lifetime Volunteer category, but past nominees can be nominated for any category. (Click to view previous recipients.)
- Nominations must be for an individual (couples or group nominations are not eligible). Each individual nomination must stand on its own merit.
- Nominees must meet at least one of the following criteria:
- Their unpaid volunteer contributions provide extraordinary help or care to families or groups in Port Coquitlam.
- They continually commit their time, talent and energy, without pay, to improve the quality of life in Port Coquitlam.
- They have been voluntarily involved in a program or project that has had a lasting benefit for Port Coquitlam and its residents.
Thank You to Our Sponsors
The City’s volunteer recognition efforts are made possible by FortisBC, the sponsor of Port Coquitlam’s Volunteer Recognition Awards for 24 consecutive years.
Media Sponsor
2023 Volunteer Recognition Awards
Contact
Communications
Tel 604.927.5411
Email communications@portcoquitlam.ca
Location and Mailing Address
3rd Floor, City Hall
2580 Shaughnessy Street
Port Coquitlam, BC
V3C 2A8
8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday (excluding statutory holidays)