BC Council for Families

BC's 2011 Family Champions

North Vancouver child care provider and dedicated community volunteer Elsie Webb accepts the 2011 Distinguished Service to Families award.

Find out more about the 2011 winners in our press release.

Gale Stewart, Executive Director of Aunt Leah's Independent Lifeskills Society, is presented with the Distinguished Service to Families Award by BC Council Board of Director's President Sylvia Tremblay and Glenn Hope.

BC's 2010 Family Champions

Dr. Dana Brynelsen accepts the 2010 Distinguished Service to Families Award.  Dr. Brynelsen's award commemorates her many outstanding accomplishments over the course of her thirty year career with the Infant Development Program of BC.

Keli Anderson, Executive Director of the F.O.R.C.E. Society for Kids' Mental Health, along with two F.O.R.C.E. members, accepts the 2010 Distinguished Service to Families Award for an organization. 

Find out more about the F.O.R.C.E. Society.

Award Winners

Family Champions come in all size and shapes, and since 1987 we've awarded the Distinguished Service to Families Award to an incredible diversity of people and organizations.

2011

Aunt Leah's Independent Lifeskills Society
Elsie Webb, North Vancouver

2010

Dr. Dana Brynelsen
F.O.R.C.E. Society for Kids' Mental Health

2009

Elizabeth Switzer, Revelstoke
Parent Support Services of BC

2005

Val Anderson

2004

Cariboo Family Connections
Kitsilano Neighbourhood House
Military Family Resource Centre
West Side Family Place

2002

Affiliation of Multicultural Societies and Service Agencies of BC
BC Association for Community Living
BC Federation of Foster Parent Associations
BC Institute Against Family Violence
First Call: BC’s Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition
Gerontology Research Centre, SFU
Infant Development Programs of BC
Literacy BC
The Marriage Project
The West Coast Child Care Resource Centre

2000

Alcohol and Drug Education Service
Boys and Girls Clubs of British Columbia
BC Assn of Family Resource Programs
Family Service Canada, Ottawa
McCreary Centre Society, Vancouver
Society for Children and Youth
UBC School of Social Work and Family Studies
The Vanier Institute of the Family, Ottawa

1999

Shelagh Armour-Godbolt, Chemanius
Harewood Family of Community School, Nanaimo
Richmond Golden Rods and Reels Society

1998

John Belfie, Cindy Gosselin, Jan Shuman --  Management Team, NOYFS, Vernon
Jane Boyd, Langley
Delta Credit Union
Neil Menard, Jim Stimson, IWA Canada/MacMillan Bloedel
Jean Fornari O’Fallon, Vancouver
VanCity Credit Union

1997

Dr. Carole Chistensen, Richmond
Self Help Opportunities for Parents, Kelowna

1996

Jan Lutke, Surrey
Joan Vanstone, West Vancouver

1995

Gary and Judy Blattner, Vanderhoof
Roshi Ghomshei, West Vancouver
GT Cunningham School, Vancouver
Hilda Shilliday, Victoria

1994

Violet and Ben George, Duncan
Meg Hickling, Vancouver
North Island Crisis and Counselling Centre, Port Hardy

1993

Sylvia Paulson, Campbell River
Diane Thorne, Coquitlam
Quesnel and District Child Development Association

1992

Dr. Rob Lees, Chilliwack
Volunteer Grandparents of BC

1991

Norma Collier, Castlegar
Houston Community Services

1990

Eileen Collins, Kelowna
Gail Orr, 100 Mile House
Richmond Family Place

1989

Chilliwack Community Services
Mercy Loring, Hazelton

1988

Bos Family, Williams Lake
Y.A.N.A., Courtenay

1987

Hamid Ireland, Queen Charlotte City
La Leche League of BC
Lock and Joanne Mawhinney, Courtenay
Edna Nash, West Vancouver
West Side Family Place, Vancouver