We are delighted to present to you the 2024 Volunteer Recognition Award recipients! A huge congratulations to the 52 Awardees this year, comprising 37 Individual Awards and 15 Group Awards. It was a wonderful occasion to mark National Volunteer Week and celebrate these amazing people, and the incredible contributions they make across Waitaha Canterbury.
2024 Volunteer Recognition Award Recipients:
Team Woodham – Age Concern Canterbury
Visitor Experience Volunteer Team – Air Force Museum of NZ
Volunteer Team – Bellyful Selwyn
Tutors Group – Birthright Canterbury
Patrick Boyle – Blind Low Vision NZ
Karen Lilly – Bone Marrow Cancer Trust
Volunteer Team – Book Discussion Scheme
Steve Hagerty – Cancer Society Canterbury West Coast
Judy Stewart – Christchurch City Mission
Anne Johnston – Christchurch Community House
Wednesday Wayfinding Team – Christchurch Hospital Volunteers
Ian Kinley – Church Corner Toy Library
Frank Morgan – Church of the Resurrection, Rolleston
Ronnie Davey – Citizens Advice Bureau Christchurch
Carolyn Tapley – Coastguard NZ
Volunteer Team – Darnley Club
Anita Kyle – Department of Corrections, Rolleston Prison
Margaret Basil-Jones – English Language Partners
Eve Earl – Family Drug Support Aotearoa NZ
Howard Harvey – Friendship Music Charitable Trust
Christine Evans-Millar – Hohepa Canterbury
Jesse Stapleton – Imagination Station
Exercise for Seniors Instructors – Keep Active
Ngaire Kent – Kirwee Community Association
Harry Rutledge – Life Education Trust Canterbury
Gordon Boyle – Lincoln Envirotown Trust
Brian Whittington – Lions Club of Rolleston and Districts
Johnny Milne – Lyttelton Community House
Rosemary Hall – Nurture Trust
Styx River & Carlyle Valley Predator Control Group – NZ Conservation Trust
Josie Mill – One Mother To Another
Volunteer Mentors – Pillars Ka Pou Whakahou
Earthwise Presenters – PlainsFM
Una Anderson – Pregnancy Infancy Parenting Support
Family Works Youth Mentors – Presbyterian Support Upper Sth Island
Nikhita Riches – Recreate NZ
Keith Turner – Recycle A Dunger
Hayley Guglietta – Richmond Community Garden, Riverlution
Fred Dodson – Rolleston College
Sonia Fletcher – Rolleston Hope Op Shop
Stuart Burns – Rolleston Rotary
Marion Ryder – Rotary Community Breastmilk Bank
Janet Chisnall – Shirley Community Trust
Charlotte McLean – Silverstream Reserve
Greg Brown – St Barnabas Fendalton
Barbara Baker – St John of God
Allan Hudson – St Mary the Virgin Anglican Church
Canterbury Volunteers – Taskforce Kiwi
Malvern Community Arts Council Volunteers – Te Huanui Art Gallery in Darfield
Friends of Ōtukaikino – The Living Memorial Trust
Imogene Ashton – Willowbank Wildlife Reserve
Todd Turner – Woolston Brass