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Tehkummah residents bestowed with provincial Volunteer Service Awards

SUDBURY—Three Tehkummah Township community members have received provincial volunteer service awards.

The awards, which were presented last Thursday in Sudbury, recognize volunteers for providing committed and dedicated service to an organization. Volunteers are recognized by the length of time they have volunteered with one organization, ranging from five to 65 years of continuous service. Youth (24-years-old and under) are recognized for two or more years of continuous service.

Both Gary Brown and Lyle Gordon were recognized for 40 years of volunteer service with their community. As well, Michael Brown was recognized with a 15 year award for volunteer service.

Over the years, more than 269,000 dedicated volunteers have been recognized through the Volunteer Service Award (VSA) program. Through this enormously successful program, thousands of volunteers will have been once again been recognized at 54 ceremonies across the province in 2017.

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Tom Sasvari serves as the West Manitoulin news editor providing almost all of the editorial content of The Manitoulin West Recorder. Mr. Sasvari is a graduate of North Bay’s Canadore College School of Journalism and has been employed on Manitoulin Island, at the Manitoulin West Recorder, for more than a quarter-century. Mr. Sasvari is also an active community volunteer. His office is in Gore Bay.