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- Northern Lights recipient – Deny and Jen Brown
- Northern Lights recipient – George and Edna Greene
- Northern Lights recipient – Jane Kaczmer
- Northern Lights recipient – Jim and Roberta Turnbull
- Northern Lights recipient – Marigold Mioc
- Ecumenical Campus Ministry
- Tim Adams
- Kathy Love
- Leah Thompson
- Therese Djob
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- Owen Plumb
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- Lanre Ajayi
- Fort McMurray Soup Kitchen
- Wendy Doucet
- Dashmesh Culture Centre
- Sam Dalupang
- Sherry Cassidy-Oleksyn
- Citadel International Church
- Shelley Sabo
- Jan Robertson
- Jim Gray
- Dominic Clark
- Sam Schofield
- Multicultural Association of Wood Buffalo
- Madeahl and Leo Yamyamin
- Christine Engel
- Leduc and District Food Bank
- Rytch Newmiller
- Alberta Addicts who Educate and Advocate Responsibly
- Ed Alspach and Maria Fontaine
- Jackie Astrom
- Cathy Jacobs
- Amanda Chubbs
- Philippine Bayanihan Association of Alberta
- Jorja Fisher
- Masked Mamas
- Living with Cancer Program
- Ken Dalida
- Jennifer Ellard
- Drive Happiness
- Alanna Pettigrew
- Love With Humanity Association
- Vada Jade Alton-MacNeil
- Guy Bodnarchuk
- COVID-9Teen
- Connor Mi
- Pamela Ehrler
- Joanne Mykitiuk
- Phoenix U10 Girls soccer team
- Moving Minds YYC
- Barbara Lauzon
- Umair Ahad
- Carol Picard
- Tania Driusso Belcastro
- Patricia Luedee
- Hindu Society of Calgary
- Flagstaff Scottish Club
- Deep Braich
- Sheila Willis
- Fatima Saleem
- Calgary Reads
- Hansen Distillery
- Mallory Kristjanson
- KULAN Community and Youth
- Erik Duque
- Flood relief volunteers
- Marc Boychuk
- Ismaili community
- Earthgroove Activewear
- Streets Alive
- Chris Keim
- Is kitsii gome, 7 Brothers Circle
- Wudasay Belayneh
- Alberta Community Outdoor Adventure Club
- Maziyar Dowlatabadibazaz
- Birthday Parade Volunteers
- Alberta Ghostbusters
- Online fitness instructors
- StoryBook Theatre
- Jackie Northey
- Masen Scarnati
- Add Oil YYC
- Lakeland Multicultural Association
- Lethbridge Interfaith Food Bank
- Edmonton Meals on Wheels
- Mina Fahim
- Meghan Payne
- Calgary East Indian Organization
- Kathy House
- iHuman-Woven Journey
- Mila and Nellie Tresidder
- Pay Forward Kindness Society
- Shawna Serniak
- News you can use
- Mardelle Romona Bazant
- You can bank on these volunteers
- Meals on Wheels Grande Prairie
- Daisy Mella
- Pakistan Canada Association of Calgary
- Personal protection with a personal touch
- MD International Calgary
- Be the Change YYC
- Hope 4 MVC Kids
- Allan Waine (CSS)
- Allysha Nolasco
- Bjoern Wolkmann
- Caroline Barclay
- Dawoodi Bohras of Calgary
- Janaya Reimer
- Gail Thompson
- Project Joy
- Wellspring Calgary
- iCare Youth
- Ashleigh Freisen Wolfe
- Inderdeep Mander and Ria Rana
- One Voice Canada (Alberta)
- William Cooper
- Manpreet Singh
- Edmonton Dental Assistants Association
- Gwendolyn Raby-Payne
- Christopher Rogers
- Allyson Busch
- Anita Rorke
- Carmen Pelletier
- Driver’s Collision and Li’l Hoots Boutique
- Imagination Library of Wood Buffalo
- Kalee Lodewyk
- Lighthouse Pentecostal Church
- Marion Ashton
- Mental Health Co-Pilots
- Peter Gwinner
- Tope Akindele
- Shaher Bano
- Susan Ruzek
- John Redekopp
- Marieclaire Collins
- Dil-E-Punjab Restaurant and Green Scholars of Alberta
- Carolyn Steeves
- MyCityCare
- Matthew Douma
- Dean Fraser
- Caleb and Raya Shivji
- Jän Vicente
- Juliana and Chiara Concini
- Karsh Chauhan
- Belinda Willier
- John Arinze
- Helping Hands Ladies Society
- St. Paul and District Arts Foundation
- Farah Rahmani
- Africans and Africa Descendants Friendship Club
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Location: Strathmore, Alberta
Putting the customers of Strathmore’s Drivers Collision autobody back into a good looking set of wheels is their business, but getting the local kids – and the occasional adult - an equally good looking pair of wheels is the passion of Dustin and Sarah Richards.
Along with Denise Geremia of the Li’l Hoots Consignment Boutique, this trio have formed a “tricycle” of caring, repairing and restoring donated bicycles and offering them free of charge to anyone who needs them. For the Richards, the initiative has become a family affair with Dustin and Sarah in charge of the mechanics and daughter Lilian and Annabelle ensuring quality control, test driving each 2-wheeler to ensure a smooth ride for the new owner. The beefed-up bikes are then turned over to Denise who distributes them through the Li’l Hoots boutique. Denise also maintains a confidential website where families in need can connect with the program.
Along with the time and talent necessary to restore the bikes, Dustin, Sarah and Denise are also picking up most of the repair costs. To date, 18 bikes have gotten a new lease on life – and happy and thankful new owners. The bikes would probably say thank you as well, if a bicycle spoke!
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