The next Beach Citizen of the Year is?
by Carole Stimmell

It might be the person who coaches your child’s sport team. It might be the volunteer who has delivered meals-on-wheels for 20 years and helps out at Community Centre 55’s Share-A-Christmas program. Or the church member who has worked with the Interfaith Lunch program every week for years. How about that tireless person who can always be counted on to organize a park clean-up or street party? Or one who has put in countless hours to help with a volunteer organization like Rotary, the Lions or a residents’ association?

Previous honourees have included both men and women. They have been shopkeepers, journalists, real estate agents and local historians. The one thing they all had in common was a belief that they could make their community a better place. And a willingness to dedicate their time and effort, for a sustained period, to making that happen.

There are many people in Ward 32 who have contributed greatly to one or more community organizations or efforts. However, they can’t get the recognition they deserve unless they are nominated.

And that is where you come in. The process is simple. Nominees must live in Ward 32 or have done most of their volunteer work there.

A copy of the nomination form is available here, or you can mail a letter to Citizen of the Year, Beach Metro News, 2196 Gerrard St. E., Toronto, ON, M4E 2C7 or email editor@beachmetro.com. To help the judges, try to make the information you include as complete as possible. The judges include all the former Citizens of the Year plus a member each from Beach Metro News, The Beaches Lions Club and Community Centre 55.

The deadline for nominations is Aug. 16.