STAFFING DEPARTURES Independent review
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SERVING MISSION SINCE 1908
Named a Freeman of the City, Ron Leger (left) is being recognized for his community services efforts in Mission, while Bob Ingram has been similarly honoured as this year’s Citizen of the Year. CAROL AUN PHOTOS
Leger , Ingram named Mission’s top volunteers Mission’s Community Service Awards ceremony takes place next month Carol Aun MISSION RECORD
Two of Mission’s most dedicated volunteers are being recognized by the District of Mission next month. Ron Leger will be named a Freeman of the City, and Bob Ingram will receive this year’s Citizen of the Year Award. Both men were surprised by the recognition. “I was stunned for a week,” said Leger, who received the
news from the mayor a couple of weeks ago. “It’s quite overwhelming.” “It’s the furthest thing from your mind when you get involved (in the community),” said Ingram. Leger has lived in Mission since 1983 and has been involved in numerous service clubs and committees to improve the community. He took on his biggest challenge five years ago when he began an effort to build a new food bank
at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church on Seventh Avenue. “The award is probably because of the work I’ve done with the food bank building,” said Leger, who works as an accountant in Mission. Leger has had a desire to help people who are less fortunate than he is since he was a young boy when he and some friends raised money and donated it to nuns who helped look after the poor. Volunteering wasn’t some-
thing he picked up from his parents, or learned from a role model; it was simply a desire, said Leger, who added his inspiration comes from the Bible. But mostly, Leger says he enjoys working with people, and that’s what will keep him involved in the community. Ingram also credits his fellow volunteers with helping him achieve the 2014 Citizen of the Year Award. “I work with great people and any one of them could be the
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citizen of the year,” he noted. Ingram worked as the secretary-treasurer for the Burnaby school district before retiring in 2000. He moved with his wife to Mission nine years ago from New Westminster, and his reputation as a volunteer followed him. Ingram was involved with Mainstream Association for Proactive Living in Burnaby, and when the executive director CONTINUED ON 12
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