Friday, May 2, 2014
Richmond Review · Page 31
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Richmond’s Wayne Duzita received his 2014 BC Community Achievement Award from Lieut.-Gov. Judith Guichon (right) and Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development Coralee Oakes. Duzita is a busy volunteer: he chaired the Richmond Christmas Fund, co-founded the YVR Golf for Kids Fundraiser, served as chair of Canuck Place Children’s Hospice and its Foundation and is on numerous boards.
Members of the Richmond Orchestra treated students at Donald McKay Elementary School to a musical performance as part of the Richmond Orchestra and Chorus’s musical education outreach program. The association is in the second year of its musical outreach program, which aims to demonstrate the importance of music in our schools. The orchestra will perform Beethoven’s 5th Symphony this Saturday, May 3, at 7:30 p.m. at the Richmond Pentecostal Church (9300 Westminster Hwy.). Violinist Kevin Ng, who appeared in the orchestra’s Rising Stars series, will perform. Tickets are available at the door: $18 for adults, $15 for seniors and students, $6 for children under 12 and free for children under age six. Richmond’s Michael Feller received his 2014 BC Community Achievement Award from Lieut.-Gov. Judith Guichon (right) and Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development Coralee Oakes. The associate professor emeritus at the University of B.C.’s Faculty of Forestry, Feller has dedicated a lifetime to the preservation and enjoyment of our forests.
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Richmond youngsters Noreen Chan and Adrian Chan were winners in the 2014 Toyota Dream Car Art Contest. From the selection of entries, the judging panel for this year’s contest selected nine submissions to represent Canada in the global competition. The work of the Canadian finalists will now be judged against the top entries of more than 70 countries, with a select group of world contest finalists to be chosen. Winners of the top 30 global entries will be invited to participate in an all-expenses paid awards ceremony held in Japan in August. Chris Graham from Jim Pattison Toyota presented prizes to (from left) Noreen Chan, Rachelle Yau, Adrian Chan, Jaimar Laderas and Noelle Yau.
Michael McCoy received his 2014 BC Community Achievement Award from Lieut.Gov. Judith Guichon (right) and Minister Coralee Oakes. The executive director of Richmond-based Touchstone Family Services has initiated the Restorative Justice program, the Front Porch Program—providing barrier free counselling—and the Eating Together campaign to encourage the importance of family mealtimes.
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