THIRD PRIZE: Ally Myers, a 17-year-old student at Earthquest Outdoor School, left, inspired volunteers to participate in a clean-up of Vernon’s Polson Park. This photo shows how a young person was able mobilize volunteers to undertake and complete a project, and have fun while they did it. Heather Myers photo. .
FIRST PRIZE: A volunteer leader shares a handslap with a volunteer participant at Canadian Cancer Society’s Quesnel Relay for Life. Nancy Shelford photograph. Comments: This photo captures a leader “in the act” of inspiring and supporting others engaged in volunteer service. There is a lot of energy, colour and visual interest in this photo and the composition is excellent.
HONOURABLE MENTION: Volunteer Resources at Peach Arch Hospital rolled up their sleeves to be the first to get flu shots. The volunteers felt supported and inspired to participate as well. This photo shows how leadership and team-work can go a long way. (Marie Rougeau photo.)..
HONOURABLE MENTION: A volunteer leade shows Adopt-a-stream volunteers how to perform work that will help the environment.
SECOND PRIZE: Sybille Haeussler, right, helps student volunteer Courtney Berdan, left, to plant one of the first seedlings of an endangered whitebark pine tree on the site of the Gosnell Creek Fire, July 2011. This beautifully composed photo, using tree branches as a framing device, shows a leader training a volunteer while they both share their passion around preserving nature.
This student was proud to have inspired other volunteers to collect a huge pile of garbage at a park clean-up.
Clare O’Kelly training a group of Burnaby General Hospital volunteers. Tony O’Kelly Photo.
