The winners of the 50th annual Civic and Community Awards were announced this evening at the awards ceremony held at the Delta Grand Okanagan Resort. Congratulations to all finalists and recipients of the Civic & Community Awards who helped shine a positive light on our city in 2024.
The 50th annual Civic & Community Award winners are:
Anita Tozer Memorial Award – bestowed by Mayor & Council
Pam Turgeon and Shadia Doty
Bob Giordano Memorial Award – Coach/Sport Administrator of the Year
Bill Franzman
Bryan Couling Memorial Award – Athletic Team of the YearÂ
OKM Sr. Girls Volleyball Team
Female Athlete of the Year AwardÂ
Kylie Taylor
Male Athlete of the Year Award
Jerome Blake
Augie Ciancone Memorial Award – Young Female AthleteÂ
Maya Andruchow
Augie Ciancone Memorial Award – Young Male Athlete
Dominic Sodaro
Teen Honour in the Arts Award
Almendra Osorio
Honour in the Arts AwardÂ
Tyson Cook (Freida Whales)
Central Okanagan Foundation’s Volunteer Organization of the Year Award
Special Olympics Kelowna
Corporate Community of the Year Award
Valley First, a Division of First West Credit Union
Champion for the Environment Award
Beverley Kalmakoff
Fred Macklin & Sarah Donalda-Treadgold Memorial Award – Citizen of the Year
Clayton Gall
Young Citizen of the Year Award
Ainsley Wood
The Young Citizen of the Year finalists will receive funding towards their post-secondary education through the Payton and Dillon Budd Memorial Fund Youth Scholarship. The award recipient will receive $2,000, while 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 the University of British Columbia Okanagan, courtesy of the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies.
In addition, the recipient for the Central Okanagan Foundation’s Volunteer Organization of the Year will receive a $3,000 donation from the Central Okanagan Foundation.
Special thanks to the sponsors of this year’s event for their generous support: Peter’s Your Independent Grocer, Central Okanagan Foundation, FortisBC, The University of British Columbia Okanagan, KCR Community Resources, The Payton & Dillon Budd Memorial Fund, Crowe MacKay LLP, Coast Capital, Mark of Distinction, Arts Council of the Central Okanagan, Castanet, PacificSport, Vista Radio including 101.5 GO FM, 99.9 Sun FM, AM 1150 and Okanagan Central Schools Athletic Association.
Nominations for the 51st annual Civic & Community Awards will begin in the winter of 2025.
To learn more about the Civic & Community Awards and the recipients, visit kelowna.ca/civicawards.
