Spirit Awards
Spirit Awards are presented to those volunteers and organizations in the community who have put forth an exceptional effort on behalf of United Way during the annual campaign, mostly in workplaces.
The 2011 United Way Community Spirit Awards Winners for the Central Okanagan:
- In-Kind Award – Postnet Print & Media Group
- Media Regonition Award – Capitol News, Daily Courier, Astral Media, Global Okanagan, Shaw Communications, Castanet
- Anita Tozer Volunteer of the Year Award – Helen Sichewski
- Live United Award – Royal Bank of Canada
- First-Time Employee Campaign Award – Bank of Montreal
- Quantum Leap Participation Award – Farris, Vaughan, Wills, & Murphy LLP
- Leadership Campaign of the Year Award – PCL Constructors
- Quantum Leap Giving Award – Future Shop
- Team Spirit Award – UBC Okanagan
- Campaign of the Year – Costco Wholesale
The 2010 United Way Community Spirit Awards Winners for the South Okanaga/Similkameen:
- First-Time Employee Campaign Award – Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory
- Leadership Campaign of the Year Award – London Drugs
- Quantum Leap Giving Award – Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre
- Campaign Spirit Award – Canada Revenue Agency
- Event of the Year Award – Luminus Beauty -Vintage & Vogue Fashion Savoir Faire
- Volunteer of the Year Award – Jennifer & Logan Frost – Dragonfly Pond Family Society
- Media Recognition Award – Astral Media Radio, GIANT FM, Pentiction Herald and Shaw Communications
- In-Kind Award – Cantex Okanagan Construction and its Employees, Morpheus Graphics and TD Canada Trust