Recognition Awards
What is the WOW!clbc award?
The WOW!clbc Recognition Award is the official name we have given to our annual award. WOW stands for “Widening our World” and is meant to reflect the contributions nominees have made and continue to make towards ensuring community inclusion and full citizenship for the individuals supported by the community living sector. Every year, CLBC honours exemplary individuals in our province who have made significant contributions to “good lives in welcoming communities”. Want to learn more about the winners of the WOW!clbc award? Follow this link to the WOW!clbc.ca web page.
Who can be nominated?
Each year ten WOW!clbc Recognition Awards are presented to individuals and groups in four categories: Self-Advocate, Family Member, Service Provider and Community Partner. Community Partner can include any person or group in a community that is not a self-advocate, family member or Service Provider and can include businesses, public institutions, volunteers, service clubs, etc. Nominations are received between January and April of each year. A volunteer panel of individuals from different parts of BC and from a cross-section of the community living sector review the nominations to select two winners from each of the five CLBC regions – Vancouver Coastal, Fraser, Interior, Vancouver Island and the North.
Who were the winners?
WOW!clbc 2011 Winners
The winners of the 2011 WOW!clbc community awards campaign were selected from among 39 nominations received from all over BC. Two recipients for each of CLBC’s five regions were chosen by a panel of community volunteers. The winners are: Island – InclusionWorks! and the musical band “Inclusion”; Interior – Marilyn McLean and Margaret Milsom; Fraser – Brenda Gillette and the Surrey Association for Community Living; Vancouver Coastal – Paul Gauthier and Mara St. Onge; and North – Terrace Safeway Store and Denton Delaney of Dengarry Professional Services.
To learn more about 2011′s winners, please click here to download the Recognition Program.
The winners’ stories are captured in the attached brochure and will soon be featured in videos at www.wowclbc.ca.
WOW! clbc 2010 Winners
The 2010 winners were presented their awards at “PLAN Connecting for a Better Future” forums held during the first two weeks of May in Surrey, Vernon, Nanaimo and Prince George.
To learn more about the award recipients:
Download the Recognition Program (434 KB pdf)
Click here to see videos of the award recipients and their nominators
WOW!clbc 2009 Winners
The 2009 WOW!clbc winners were formally announced on Monday, April 20, when they received their awards at the recognition dinner and ceremony held at CLBC’s 2009 Staff Conference.
To learn more about the award recipients:
Download the Recognition Program (253KB pdf)
Click here to see videos of the award recipients and their nominators
Where do I get a nomination form?
Nominations for the 2011 WOW!clbc Recognition Awards have now closed. Information about next year’s campaign will be available in early 2012.
