Stewardship Awards

The Islands Trust Community Stewardship Awards recognize individuals and groups for programs or actions that have made a significant contribution towards the object of the Islands Trust.

The Islands Trust Council selected the recipients of the ninth annual Community Stewardship Awards during its June 16, 2010 quarterly meeting on Saturna Island.

Six people were nominated for the ninth annual Islands Trust Community Stewardship Awards Program.  The nominees’ projects include a wide range of initiatives, from climate change education to a young people’s garden mentorship program.  There were no group nominations this year.

The Community Stewardship Awards will be presented at local trust committee meetings later this year on the individual islands where the recipients live. The Islands Trust recognizes the recipients with a small plaque that commemorates their award.

Nominations for the 2010 Community Stewardship Awards closed April 30, 2010. The public can make nominations for next year ’s awards in the spring of 2011.

June 2010 News Release: Islands Trust Announces 2010 Community Stewardship Awards.

2010 Award Recipients

Individual Award

Tekla Deverell, North Pender Island
Patti Willis, Denman Island
- Video of Patti Willis receiving award (13 minutes)

Enduring Achievement Award

Jon Guy, Saturna Island
Sylvia Pincott, North Pender Island

Climate Change Award

Dorothy Cutting, of Salt Spring Island

Previous Award Recipients

2009 Award Recipients

• Hornby Island Residents and Ratepayers' Association
• Salt Spring Island Conservancy
• Kelsey Mech, Salt Spring Island
• Patricia McLaughlin, Denman Island
• Jacqueline Booth, Salt Spring Island (Posthumous nomination)

Other Nominees

• Lasqueti Internet Access Society
• Mayne Island Early Childhood Society
• Mayne Island Agricultural Society and Fall Fair
• Pender Islands Community Service Society
• Pender Organic Community Garden Society
• Andrew Carmichael, Hornby Island
• Linda and Peter George, Gabriola Island
• Janice Oakley and Martine Paulin, Galiano Island

2008 Award Recipients

• Lasqueti Island Nature Conservancy
• Lyall Creek Salmon and Trout Enhancement Project, Saturna Island
• Mary Cooper, Mayne Island
• Maureen Moore, Salt Spring Island
• Geri Crooks, Saturna Island
• Alasdair and Nancy Gordon, Lasqueti Island

Other Nominees

• Saturna Scribbler Volunteers
• Land Trust Alliance of British Columbia
• Pender Islands Animal Welfare Society
• Peter Askin, Mayne Island
• John Arthur Money, Saturna Island
• Patricia McLaughlin, Denman Island
• Lon Wood, Thetis Island
• Grant Gordon, Thetis Island
• Patti Willis, Denman Island
• Bowie Keefer, Galiano Island
• Tekla Deverell, Pender Island

2007

• Gambier Island Conservancy
• Salt Spring Island Alternative Gypsy Moth Control Program
• Jenny Brown McLeod, Gabriola Island
• Karl Hamson, North Pender
• Ursula Poepel, North Pender
• The Pender Post

2006

• Michelle Marsden and the B.C. Coastal Clean Up Campaign Pender Islands
• Salt Spring Island Conservancy Mount Erskine Campaign
• Ann Johnston, Mayne Island
• Bob Burgess, Thetis Island

2005

• Mayne Island Japanese Gardens Volunteers, Mayne Island - Group Award
• Hornby Water Stewardship Project, Hornby Island - Group Award
• Katherine Dunster, Bowen Island - Individual Award
• Hilary Brown, Hornby Island - Individual Award
• Denman Conservancy Association, Denman Island - Special Honourable Mention Award
• Nicholas and Naomi Wilde-Van Ginkles, Pender Island - Special Honourable Mention Award

2004

• Stream and Salmon Enhancement Society, Salt Spring Island
• Salt Spring Island Residents for Responsible Land Use, Salt Spring Island
• Ken Millard, Galiano Island
• Tom Gossett, Salt Spring Island

2003

• Bowen Island Forest and Water Management Society
• Islands in the Salish Sea Mapping Project
• Jenny Balke
• Tony Quin

2002

• Trincomali Improvement District
• Island Wildlife Natural Care Centre
• Maureen Milburn