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2011 ESS VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR

Bev Stenning

is the 2011 Emergency Social Services Volunteer of the Year.

Emergency Social Services provides short-term assistance to British Columbians who are forced to leave their homes because of fire, floods, earthquakes or other emergencies. This assistance includes food, lodging, clothing, emotional support and family reunification. Bev joined the Victoria/Esquimalt Emergency Social Services team in 2002. Since then, she has demonstrated a great deal of dedication to ESS and fulfilled many different roles, maintaining a high degree of competence and professionalism. Bev is also a volunteer with the Canadian Red Cross and a volunteer member of the Mobile Support Team (MST). MST’s are highly trained ESS volunteers who provide on-the-spot training and support to ESS teams throughout the province during significant emergencies, such as the fires in the Central Region in 2003 and 2009. Bev is held in high regard by the ESS community. She led the organization of the Vancouver Island Emergency Preparedness Conference and her skills as an ESS trainer are well-respected throughout British Columbia. Bev also possesses a contagious energy and positive attitude that has won the respect of ESS volunteers.

2010 - Joyce McLeod - Kitimat PDF - 24KB

2009 - Brenda Young - Langford PDF - 24KB

2008 - Bev Wilson - Langford PDF - 24KB

2007 - Alvina Berggren - Fort Nelson PDF - 24KB

2006 - Donna Grobell, Cranbook PDF - 24KB

2005 - Beatrice Thalheimer, Barriere PDF - 26KB

2004 - Marie Salem, Kamloops PDF - 19KB

Page Updated: 22010 June 21