SASKATCHEWAN VOLUNTEERS HONOURED

Today Lieutenant Governor Vaughn Solomon Schofield presented nine citizens with the Saskatchewan Volunteer Medal at Government House in Regina. The Medal recognizes outstanding volunteer service or exceptional community involvement.

"These remarkable volunteers exemplify generosity, compassion and determination," Solomon Schofield said. "I am grateful to each of them for their outstanding contributions."

The 2011 recipients are:

• W. Allan Bailey, Yorkton
• Marcel de la Gorgendière, C.D., Q.C., Saskatoon 
• Joseph L. Dubielewicz, Kerrobert
• Clarence Johnson, Parkside 
• Dr. Anne Leis, Saskatoon
• Donald S. McDougall, Regina
• Marlene Nedelcov (posthumous), Weyburn
• Sandra R. Wankel, Regina
• Evelyn Wojcichowsky, Saskatoon

Recipients are selected by the Saskatchewan Honours Advisory Council from nominations submitted by the public. Including the nine new recipients, the Saskatchewan Volunteer Medal has been presented to 148 outstanding individuals since 1995.

Saskatchewan continues to have one of the highest rates of volunteerism in Canada.

For more information on the Saskatchewan Volunteer Medal and the recipients, please visit www.ops.gov.sk.ca/svm.

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For more information, contact:

Jay Teneycke
Regina
Phone: 306-798-6095
Email: jay.teneycke@gov.sk.ca