2025-May-29
Celebrate Our 2024 Champions of the Bay - May 29 at 7 pm
Join the Celebration!
Please join us in honouring our amazing community volunteers.
We warmly invite you to GBA’s virtual ceremony celebrating our 2024 Champions of the Bay
Thursday, May 29th at 7 pm
via Zoom
We will be recognizing all of our Champions and their nominators from all across the Bay and learning about some of their exciting contributions.
Please click here to join the guest list for our inaugural virtual ceremony.
EVENING PROGRAM
- WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
- LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
HONORING THE CHAMPIONS OF THE BAY
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- Celesta Bjornson & Sheila Williams – Bay of Islands Community Association
- Nominated by Patrick Thoburn
- Carolyn Rymell – In Memoriam – Blackstone Lake Cottagers Association
- Award Accepted by Robert Rymell
- Nominated by Erik Mathiesen
- Anne Stewart – Bayfield Nares Islanders’ Association
- Nominated by Nichola Martin
- Sandy Thompson – Cognashene Cottagers’ Association
- Nominated by Heather Sargeant
- Jamie Drayton – Manitou Association
- Nominated by Dawn Drayton
- Land Stewardship Committee – Madawaska Club of Go Home Bay
- Committee Comprised of Doug Grundy, Jim Rusak, George Lougheed, Barbara Zimmerman, Patsy Cross and Tony Pigott
- Nominated by Jan Wishart
- Harvey Mierke Jr. – In Memoriam – Northern Georgian Bay Association
- Award Accepted by Sara Mierke
- Nominated by Freda Klassen
- Tom Scoon – Point au Baril Islanders’ Association
- Nominated by Andrew Willis
- Gregg Scott – Sans Souci and Copperhead Association
- Nominated by Katherine Denune
- Ian Fenton – South Channel Association
- Nominated by Erin Fenton
- Brett Harris – Twelve Mile Bay Community Association
- Nominated by Jim McPherson
- Colin Dobell – In Memoriam – Wah Wah Taysee Association
- Award Accepted by Gail Dobell
- Nominated by Allison Groten, Lorna Beatty & Ann Bowman
- Richard Wilson – West Carling Association
- Nominated by Briana Zur and Rainer Herterich
- Don Clement – In Memoriam – West Carling Association
- Award Accepted by Aaron and Dan Clement
- Nominated by Allison Needham
- Julia Webster – Wood’s Bay Community Association
- Nominated by Heather Sargeant
- Kathryn Davis – Honey Harbour Association
- 2024 Champion of the Bay
- Nominated by Sarah Koetsier & Heather Sargeant
- Celesta Bjornson & Sheila Williams – Bay of Islands Community Association
- THANK YOU
- 2025 NOMINATIONS & LOOKING FORWARD
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