Women of the north were celebrated at an awards ceremony this past weekend.
The YWCA’s 8th annual Women of Distinction Awards held on Saturday at the Juniper Centre honored women that work selflessly to better their community through volunteerism and being a proper role model.
Women’s Programs Coordinator Nina Cordell details what some of the fundraising for this event will go towards.
“Every year, we take the time to have this event to honour women. We also take advantage of the fundraising aspect of it as well, and all the funds we raise go towards resourcing the Women’s Centre. So for the programs that we have, we provide child care and transportation. We try to eliminate all the barriers we can for our northern women and girls, so all the money we raise goes towards programming.”
The award recipients for the Woman of Distinction were June Bourguignon, Jennifer Dyke, and Brenda Nelson, and the Chantelle Chornoby Memorial Award for Young Woman of Distinction was awarded to Emily Pruder.
Photo Credit: Paul Andersen
