Maple Ridge Citizens of the Year celebrated
May 5, 2022
Two winners were chosen for the Maple Ridge Community Foundation’s Citizen of the Year Lifetime Achievement award this year.
Matt DeBruyn and Sandi Temple, were both honoured with the award at the foundation’s recent gala.
The committee had a hard time to picking one winner, executive director Monica Hampu shared with a chuckle, adding that everyone at the gala had a great night.
“A lot of people were happy to be out,” she said.
Youth award winner was Mya Van Der Mey and Jesse Sokol took the Teesha Sharma Memorial Under 40 Award.
Dr. DeBruyn, an economist by profession, who moved to Maple Ridge from Edmonton in 1989 with his wife Lynda, has been involved in numerous community projects and initiatives, most notably volunteering locally, nationally and/or internationally, through Rotary.
Temple, a 40-year Maple Ridge resident, has helped raise funds for Autism Canada, the BC Cancer Society, Lupus & Lymphoma, the Ridge Meadows Hospice Society, the Alouette River Management Society, and she has also helped children and adults with disabilities receive therapy at the North Fraser Therapeutic Riding Society and sent children to camp at the Zajac Ranch.
Source: Maple Ridge News
