Terry Hunter and Savannah Walling were among forty-five outstanding British Columbians named the recipients of the fifth annual BC Community Achievement Awards by Premier Gordon Campbell and Keith Mitchell, chair of the British Columbia Achievement Foundation.
“As British Columbia celebrates its 150 anniversary this year, we recognize the strength of our province is founded in the spirit, ideas and passion of our people,” said Campbell. “It is a privilege to acknowledge the efforts of these individuals who work for the betterment of our communities and our entire province.”
“These individuals have shared the most valuable of today’s commodities, their time and compassion and, in doing so, have positively contributed to their communities.” added Mitchell. “We’re honoured to celebrate the contributions of these exceptional British Columbians.”
An independent advisory council selects the recipients of the British Columbia Community Achievement Awards. The 2008 advisory council members are Kurt Alberts, Mayor of Langley; Terry Lake, Mayor of Kamloops; Marcia Smith, Managing Partner of National Public Relations and past Community Achievement Awards recipients Sandra Heydon of Chemainus and Grace Wong of Vancouver.The British Columbia Achievement Foundation is an independent foundation established by an initial endowment of $6 million from the Province to recognize and celebrate B.C.’s spirit of excellence in the arts, humanities and community service. The Community Achievement Awards, launched in 2003, were the first initiative of the foundation, followed by BC Creative Achievement Awards, the BC Award for Canadian Non-Fiction and the Time to Read award for early literacy