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TD Canada Trust donated over $25,000 to support Junior Achievement of BC programs.
RBC Royal Bank’s Dollarton Village branch donated $25,000 to the Lions Gate Hospital Foundation on the occasion of the branch’s 50th anniversary.
Thrifty Foods made a Cure By Chocolate campaign donation of $20,000, in partnership with Rogers’ Chocolate, to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation.
Fitness Town donated over $17,500, raised through its 90 Day Challenge, to several local charities including the Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada, BC Cancer Foundation, Hoops4Hope, BC SPCA, Canadian Diabetes Association and Right to Play.
Vancouver Sun Children’s Fund, Face the World Foundation, Chris Spencer Foundation, Hamber Foundation, Loyal Protestants Association, CKNW Orphans’ Fund, Scleroderma Association of BC and a number of Beta Sigma Phi chapters supported this year’s Arthritis Society, B.C. and Yukon division-funded Camp Capilano, an educational retreat for B.C. children and teens living with juvenile arthritis.
Nancy Hall was awarded the C.M. Hincks Award at the 2010 National Conference on Mental Health in recognition of her personal and professional experience.
Mandy Farmer, CEO of Accent Inns, was recognized by Profit magazine’s 12th annual W100 list as one of Canada’s Top Women Entrepreneurs.
VitaminDaily.com won awards for best overall website and best website design at the second annual Canadian Online Publishing Awards, which recognizes excellence in Canadian online editorial and innovation.
Alfred Hermida, a University of British Columbia Graduate School of Journalism professor, has won a Canadian Online Publishing Award for his Reportr.net blog.
Tourism Richmond and Tourism Victoria were awarded the first annual DMO Professional Excellence Award for outstanding performance and operational excellence by the BC DMO Association.
The BC Tourism Industry Awards were presented by the Council of Tourism Associations (COTA) to: Xwisten Experience Tours (Aboriginal Tourism BC Cultural Authenticity Award); City of Richmond (BC Games Society Sport Tourism Community Legacy Award); NBC Today Show and NBC Sports and Olympics (COTA Tourism Media Award); Fairmont Waterfront (Environmentally Responsible Tourism Award, sponsored by Delta Hotels); Grouse Mountain Resorts (ETHOS Sustainability Award); White Spot Hospitality (go2 Employees First Award); Tourism Vancouver(T4G Technology in Tourism Award); Rocky Mountaineer Vacations (Vancouver Sun and Province Best Tourism Marketing Campaign Award); and volunteers and staff of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (WorldHost Customer Service Award).