{"id":1768,"date":"2025-09-03T17:35:21","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T17:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdcf.ca\/?page_id=1768"},"modified":"2026-03-27T19:47:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T19:47:02","slug":"citizen-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sdcf.ca\/index.php\/about\/citizen-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"CITIZEN OF THE YEAR"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t\t\t\t\"Citizen\n\t

CITIZEN OF THE YEAR<\/h2>\n

We know that our region is full of heroes-everyday citizens who make a big impact in the community wherever they live, work, and play. Selkirk District & Community Foundation takes great pride in celebrating a special person each year through the Citizen of the Year\u00a0<\/em>award.<\/p>\n

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40th Citizen of the Year<\/h4>\n

To celebrate the 40th Citizen of the Year, the Foundation is encouraging community organizations or an individual to nominate a deserving friend:<\/p>\n

“an individual who through their own initiative, ability and effort, has made an exemplary impact in their field or the community or area, specifically within the R.M. of St. Andrews, R.M. of St. Clements, and\/or the City of Selkirk.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\nNomination Paper<\/strong><\/a>
\nNominations are due on October 1st, 2025\n\t\t\t

Past Citizens of the Year<\/h3>

2025 – Lesli Malegus2024 – Ruth Christie2023 – Tim Edwards2022 – Milt Pedwell2021 – Brett Mitchell2020 – Michele Polinuk2019 – Blake Burnett2018 – Bob Hebert2017 – Shirley Muir2016 – Ashley Monkman2015 – Fraser Stewart2013 – Connie Rapko2012 – Corrie Corrigal2011 – Ren\u00e9 Gauthier2010 – Bud Oliver2009 – Olive Lillie2008 – Eva Hawryshko2007 – Michael Buhr2006 – Ron Corrigal2005 – Irene Foster2004 – Al Hares2003 – Bill Bodman2002 – Rob Cox2001 – Bob Jefferson2000 – John Shead1999 – Elaine Elliott1998 – Russell Skalesky1997 – Bill Brace1996 – Lorraine Still1995 – Const Tom Lowden1994 – Jean Oliver1993 – Larry Johnson Sr1992 – Lloyd Davies1991 – Russ Gourluck1990 – Dr Ian Reid1989 – Russ Farrell1988 – Dr William Easton1987 – Sharon Purvis1986 – Jack Veitch1985 – Eileen Cyr<\/p>\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"Working\n\t

Am I Eligible For a Grant?<\/h4>\n

The Foundation awards grants to support local needs and interests.<\/p>\n

+ See Guidelines<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"Women\n\t

You Don’t Need a Million Dollars<\/h4>\n

Gifts, big and small touch many lives.<\/p>\n

+ Our Stories<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"Women\n\t

Your Gift Lasts Forever<\/h4>\nWe carefully invest your donation and use only the interest it earns. So you gift is here for good, working hard and giving back year after year.
\n+ How it Grows<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CITIZEN OF THE YEAR We know that our region is full of heroes-everyday citizens who make a big impact in the community wherever they live, work, and play. Selkirk District & Community Foundation takes great pride in celebrating a special person each year through the Citizen of the Year\u00a0award.   40th Citizen of the Year…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":143,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1768","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdcf.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdcf.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdcf.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdcf.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdcf.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1768"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/sdcf.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1990,"href":"https:\/\/sdcf.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1768\/revisions\/1990"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdcf.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdcf.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}