honourees
PORTRAITS OF GIVING: A Legacy of Social Responsibility in York Region
2022
Life Time Achievement: Linda Dennis
Newmarket: Peter Sturrup
Aurora: Marco Iacovetta
Richmond Hill: Pamela & Harry Harakh
King Township: Susan Heslop-Porter
Markham: Shanta Sundarason
Vaughan : Julia Suppa
Georgina: Beth Cowper-Fung
Stouffville: Dean & Karen Woods
East Gwillimbury: Marjorie Niemi & Family
York Regional Police: Sergeant Mina Rahravan & Susan Gibbs
Fire/Paramedic Services: Helen Galanis
Sports: Mitch Marner & Family
Benson Kearley SMAI Young Adult: Suraj Bansal
2021
Life Time Achievement: RAJ SETHI
Newmarket: DEB KELLY
Aurora: JENNIFER MILFORD
Richmond Hill: SUSAN APPLEBAUM & DELMANOR STAFF
King Township: DR. BARB WINSLOW
Markham: NISHA PUNJA, EVAN MacDONALD, SOFIE KOTSOPOLOUS
Vaughan : REPRESENTING THE LONGO'S TEAM: ROCCO AGOSTINO, SAVERIO CIPOLLONE, RENO PALERMO, FRANK SANGIRARDI
Georgina: MIKE, LAURIE & CRYSTAL CARRIERE
Stouffville: ANGEL FREEDMAN
East Gwillimbury: MICHAEL LAVEE
York Regional Police: RETIRED DEPUTY CHIEF ANDRE CRAWFORD
Fire/Paramedic Services: SHANYN GODWARD
Sports: KRISTEN DAJIA
Benson Kearley SMAI Young Adult: NAILA VARAWALLA
2020
Life Time Achievement: ROGER KEELEY https://youtu.be/nc1HNbsaGho
Newmarket: JULIANE GOYETTE https://youtu.be/cMvIYUJkUF8
Aurora: LENARD LIND https://youtu.be/K5eKOxJiEVk
Richmond Hill: JOANNE WITT https://youtu.be/c17wH8CJKqo
King Township: WINNIE STOTT https://youtu.be/X0frDkFZpL0
Markham: KIM CAMPBELL https://youtu.be/LEGJyQNILgM
Vaughan : ROSANNE LONGO & FAMILY https://youtu.be/W2KavUexTC4
Georgina: ANITA & DAVE HAYNES https://youtu.be/dKEvbCqZYoE
Stouffville: SONYA TORRES and DOLORES TRENTADUE https://youtu.be/zbVMVBwedFQ
East Gwillimbury: SHERI ANDRUNYK https://youtu.be/dCTna5nm71I
York Regional Police: CHIEF ERIC JOLLIFFE https://youtu.be/ia3uGYbPMQA
Fire/Paramedic Services: JEFF McGRATH https://youtu.be/zbVMVBwedFQ
Sports: MASTER AKMAL FARAH https://youtu.be/LEGJyQNILgM
Benson Kearley SMAI Young Adult: KISHON MAHENTHIRARAJAN https://youtu.be/c17wH8CJKqo
2019
Life Time Achievement ROSALYN GONSALVES
Newmarket Chamber of Commerce: MICHAEL CROXON
Aurora: BENNY SOSCIA
Richmond Hill: TINA TEHRANCHIAN
King Chamber of Commerce: MIKE & KELLY FOLEY
Markham: ERIC TAPPENDEN
Vaughan Chamber of Commerce: DANIELA HOFMANN
Georgina: GARY & GINA SEMENIUK
Stouffville Chamber of Commerce: PATRICK LEBLANC
East Gwillimbury Chamber of Commerce: ANITA SMESKAL-DONATO
York Regional Police: DEPUTY CHIEF THOMAS CARRIQUE
York Region Fire Services: CHIEF DERYN RIZZI
Sports: KIRK KELLY
Benson Kearley SMAI Young Adult: LAUREN CASTELINO
2018
Life Time Achievement TOM TAYLOR
Newmarket: KIRK BOWDEN
Aurora Chamber of Commerce: IAN AND ROD JOHNSON
Richmond Hill: JASON KAPTYN
King Chamber of Commerce: ROBIN PRIESTLY
Markham: GLENN CROSBY
Vaughan: ROSSANA DI ZIO MAGNOTTA
Georgina: GAIL LENTERS
Stouffville: TODD & MARCIA FINLAYSON
East Gwillimbury Chamber of Commerce: THE FRANKLIN CLUB
York Regional Police: SUPERINTENDENT FRED MOFFATT
York Region Fire Services: KING FIRE CHIEF JAMES WALL
Sports: NANCY BLACK
SMAI Young Adult: IMAN TAJADOD
2017
Newmarket Chamber of Commerce: Kevin Murdoch
Aurora Chamber of Commerce: Robin Taylor-Smith
Richmond Hill Chamber of Commerce: Janine Purves
King Township: John Ciarallo
Markham: Shakir Rehmatullah
Vaughan Chamber of Commerce: Anna & Peter Eliopoulos
Georgina: Kathy Foch
Stouffville: John Bouwmeister
East Gwillimbury: Carmen Trimarchi, Giancarlo Trimarchi, Brian Johns
York Regional Police: Lou Malbeuf
York Region Fire Services: Leo Olivera
Young Adult: Kelly Graham
2016
The Newmarket Chamber of Commerce: Joe D'Addario
Aurora: Michael Rathke
Richmond Hill Chamber of Commerce: Melanie Delicato
King Township: Elsa-Ann Pickard
Markham: Allan Bell
Vaughan Chamber of Commerce: Joyce Usher-Mesiano
Georgina: Nikki Pett
Stouffville: Joanne George (& Smiley)
East Gwillimbury: Ian Proudfoot
York Regional Police: Gary Miner
Young Adult: Shannon Wong
2015
The Newmarket Chamber of Commerce: Matthew Waddington and Michael Waddington
Aurora: Ingrid Kulbach
Richmond Hill: Michelle Risi-Anagnostopoulos
Richmond Hill Chamber of Commerce: Gordon Klein
King Township: Hugh Heron and Dalt Hicks
Whitchurch-Stouffville: Nayan Patel
Markham: Lorne Smith
Vaughan: Elvira Caria and Nadia Cerelli-Fiore
East Gwillimbury: Sharon Bates
2014
Newmarket: Robert Horst, Jackie Playter and Maria Racco
Aurora: Tim Jones and Marc Neeb
Richmond Hill: Corrine Griffiths and Marj Andre
Georgina: Jennifer Anderson
Vaughan: John Amendola
Markham: Royson Ng
2013
Aurora: Stewart Maclaren, Jennifer Ettinger, Brooke Harrison
Newmarket: Mike Smith, Wes Playter
Markham: Don Cousens
Richmond Hill: Mark Hebert and Glemena Bettencourt
2012
Aurora: Frank Stronach, Rita Theil, Dean Turner
Newmarket: Lucille Abate, Steve Kearley
Richmond Hill: Nic Ahola and Steve Forman
2011
Richmond Hill: Shishir Lakhani, Chief Armand La Barge (Ret.), Dr. Jessica Kun
Aurora: Gaye Kearns, Brian North,
Newmarket: Rob Clark, Dean Smalley
2010
Richmond Hill: Vivian Risi, Marg Hachey
Newmarket: Craig Evans, Drew Lakoski
Aurora: Kathy Van Nostrand, Steve Hinder, Mary Georgopoulos, Melissa Hrychuk