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Finalists announced for Âé¶čAV's 50th community awards

This year’s Civic & Community Awards Gala will be held May 8 at the Delta Grand
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The 50th Annual Civic and Community Awards Gala is May 8 at the Delta Grand Hotel. (Photo/City of Âé¶čAV)

The three finalists for Âé¶čAV’s 50th Annual Civic and Community Awards have been announced. 

The awards highlighting outstanding achievements made by Âé¶čAV’s volunteers, artists, coaches, athletes, businesses, and non-profit organizations in 2024. 

“We are going to take a trip down memory lane over the last 50 years,” said Wayne Moore, chair of the awards steering committee. “I think it’s going to be a great night."

50th Annual Civic & Community Award finalists: 

Honour in the Arts 

  • Erikka Moojelsky 
  • Bonnie Gratz 
  • Tyson Cook/Freida Whales 

Teen Honour in the Arts 

  • Freeze The Fall 
  • Almendra Osorio 
  • Nicholas Covaser 

Bob Giordano Memorial Award – Coach/Sport Administrator of the Year 

  • Bill Franzman 
  • Kristin Smart 
  • Travis Miller 

Bryan Couling Memorial Award – Athletic Team of the Year 

  • UBCO Men’s Golf Team 
  • Okanagan FC U15 Boys Team 
  • OKM Sr. Girls Volleyball Team 

Female Athlete of the Year 

  • Kylie Olivia Taylor 
  • Elizabeth Henne 
  • Mackenzie Adams 

Male Athlete of the Year 

  • Brent Fikowski 
  • Jerome Blake 
  • Elelyon Noa 

Augie Ciancone Memorial Award – Young Female Athlete of the Year 

  • Maya Andruchow 
  • Rhiannon Spinks 
  • Ashlyn Swan 

Augie Ciancone Memorial Award – Young Male Athlete of the Year 

  • Davin Hamm 
  • Dominic Sodaro 
  • Eliott Vander Horst 

Champion for the Environment 

  • Beverly Kalmakoff 
  • EcoCooks 
  • Kane Blake 

Corporate Community of the Year Award 

  • RBC Wealth Management, Dominion Securities 
  • Doane Grant Thornton 
  • Valley First, a Division of First West Credit Union 

Central Okanagan Foundation – Volunteer Organization of the Year 

  • Inspired Word CafĂ© 
  • Special Olympics Âé¶čAV 
  • Cool Arts Society 

Young Citizen of the Year 

  • Delaney Neukomm 
  • Kevin Kim 
  • Ainsley Wood

Fred Macklin & Sarah Donalda-Treadgold Memorial Award - Citizen of the Year 

  • Clayton Gall 
  • Rhonda Hymers 
  • Jamie Carpenter 

All Young Citizen of the Year finalists will receive funding towards their post-secondary education. The award winner will receive $2,000, and each of the two remaining finalists will receive $1,000. 

The recipient of the Teen Honour in the Arts award will receive a $500 entrance scholarship to UBC Okanagan. The recipient for the Central Okanagan Foundation’s Volunteer Organization of the Year will receive a $3,000 donation from the foundation. 

This year’s Civic & Community Awards Gala will be held May 8 at the Delta Grand. Tickets are available through the .



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