2012 Outstanding Community Service Awards

Half a dozen tireless volunteers were honoured by the Tasman District Council recently with Outstanding Community Service Awards.

At a ceremony held at the Tasman District Council Chambers on 17 August 2012, Mayor Richard Kempthorne said the awards were aimed at “recognising the host of people throughout our District who work quietly away without pay and with precious little recognition to make our communities better places to live. Our communities simply couldn’t function without the work of volunteers like these,” he said.

The Outstanding Community Service Awards are an annual event, and nominations close on 30 June each year. Nominees must be residents of the Tasman District and have been involved in a range of voluntary activities that have benefited their communities for 20 years or more.

2012 Award Recipients were:

Kaye Halkett – Richmond
Barry Cashman – Golden Bay
Ann Inglis – Motueka
Glenis Leppien – Motueka
Valerie Scowen – Richmond
George Duff – Golden Bay
We will feature further details about each of the 2012 Award Recipients in upcoming issues of Newsline.