SASKATCHEWAN VOLUNTEER MEDAL RECIPIENTS ANNOUNCED

Lieutenant Governor Vaughn Solomon Schofield announced today the names of nine recipients of the Saskatchewan Volunteer Medal. The medal recognizes outstanding volunteer service or exceptional community involvement.

"It will be a great privilege to present the Saskatchewan Volunteer Medal to these nine outstanding individuals," Solomon Schofield said. "Each honouree is extraordinarily generous and capable, and has made enormous contributions to our province."

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

The recipients will receive their medals this spring, at Government House in Regina. 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 has the highest rate of volunteerism in Canada.

For more information on the Saskatchewan Volunteer Medal or the Saskatchewan Honours and Awards Program, please visit www.ops.gov.sk.ca.

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For more information, contact:

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