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All recipients
- 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
- Renee Vaugeois
- Owen Plumb
- Dawn and Amber Shaw
- 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
- Nominate a volunteer

Location: Spruce Grove, Alberta
Project Joy is made up of a group of dedicated volunteers who are changing lives during this pandemic. Based in Spruce Grove, Project Joy is using technology to help isolated seniors connect with friends and family members.
The organization is the brain child of Emily Jenks and is named in memory of her grandmother, Joy. Realizing the impact the pandemic was having on her community, Emily reached out to a local Spruce Grove seniors centre to ask how she could help. Emily discovered that the centre’s residents were not able to have any visitors; and while the care facility would normally have begun fundraising to purchase devices to facilitate online communications, COVID had brought an end to such efforts.
Reminded of a couple of older devices that she had at home, Emily also wondered if perhaps there might be others who might want to contribute their own unused cellphones or tablets. After a call out on social media, Emily was able to make the first delivery of 11 security-cleansed iPhones, iPads and Android devices. With Edmonton tech firm RJ Systems stepping up to donate IT expertise, volunteers offering up their own time and talents, and a number of area businesses providing additional support, Project Joy is connecting more and more seniors and their loved ones at a time when those connections are all the more precious.
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