I am putting the finishing touches on writing profiles about this year's winners of the Community Builders Award of Excellence.
The awards dinner will be held Wednesday, Feb. 28 at the
Radisson Hotel. This year is the fourth year of the awards
program. The winners' stories are published in a special
magazine distributed at the dinner. Northern Life plans on
publishing all the stories in future issues of the newspaper as
well.
Once again, I am impressed by the winners. They are good people
doing good things for the community.
While some folks get involved with community organizations for
promotion, personal or political gain, this year's winners
serve the community because it is the right thing to do.
Several of the winners sacrificed time with their families and
friends to put others first. Sometimes they didn't have time to
take vacations or weekend holidays.
 I am particularly impressed that individual winners are
extremely humble about their accomplishments, and quickly
informed me they could not have done what they did without the
support of their spouses, their bosses or other volunteers.
The Community Builders Award event is a time to celebrate
outstanding citizens and how lucky we are that they live
here.
Tickets for the dinner are still available. Phone Tiana Di
Pasquo at 673-5667, ext 351 for ticket information.
