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Foriitsqcie'anuo flamed trees and branches following the Decem- ber 2013 ice storm as well as their efforts on the Main Bruce Trail in Halton, the Toronto Bruce Trail Club was recognized with the Communi- ty Award at the June 23 ceremony. Local stewards of the environment were recognized for their eco~ friendly efforts at Conservation Hal- ton's annual awards presentation June 23. More than 150 guests attended the ceremony at the Milton Centre for the Arts, where awards were pre- sented to people and organizations that made outstanding contribu- tions to conservation in the Halton watershed, including ,_in Halton, Peel, Hamilton and Puslinch. Oakville's Bethlehem Sahlu was the recipient of Conservation Halton's Citizen Award for her volunteerism and active involvement in a num- ber of programs, while the winner of the Citizen Youth award was Al- dershot High School's Simone Man- tel, who has been actively involved in green initiatives at her Burlington school. Conservation Halton recognizes environmental stewards The Education (Group or School) award was presented to Trailhead for its Bronte Creek Project. The Mayor Gord Krantz (left) presents the Stewardship Award to Miltonians Marites and Andrew Lee. At right, Krantz presents the Ralph Sherwood Hon- our Roll to Keith Bird of Oakville. MIdIoeIMrln/Spedalmdnalanpion leadership program for Grade 10 students allowed youth to enjoy outdoor activities and indoor class- mom lessons at Sidrabene, in rural { Burlington. ‘ Halton District School Board's Nick 3 Bertrand and Kerry Sagar were each i presented with the individual Edu- Q cation award for their continued greening efforts. Tourism Burlington was recognized l with the Media/Blogger award for 3 consistently supporting Conserva- i tion Halton's recreational, educa- tion and environmental initiatives by sharing information about the organization's events and programs on its website and social media. , Parks Volunteer award recipients ‘ Kirsten Phillip, of the Mountsberg , Raptor Centre, and Chuck Sweet, of Kelso/Glen Eden, are well deserving of the honour. E- : Phillip donates her time to the $0 { Mountsberg Raptor Centre every 8 Friday, when she happily accom- a ‘ plishes a number of tasks, including‘- . . 3 cleaning the flight cages. The tireless volunteer has also gone ‘ beyond the call of duty by devel- oping two matching card games, which will be used by park visitors 1 this summer. ‘ During the winter months, Conser- 1 vation Halton has come to count on i ‘ Sweet to volunteer as a patroller at 3 , Glen Eden. When things warm up, 3 T he takes on the role of trail ambas-g sador at Kelso. â€" ; Sweet regularly logs 140 volunteer g l hours during the winter month5,5 1 when he helps injured skiers and a‘ 5 snowboarders. ln 2013/14, he had g to take a break from his volunteerg o work after sustaining a serious mi, jury while on patrol. He returned to g Glen Eden for the 2014/15 season. , The Stewardship Award was pre- ‘ sented to Andrew and Marites Lee - standout participants of Conser- vation Halton‘s 2014 Healthy Neigh- bourshed homeowner workshopfl 3 NVIGVNVO NODI