Thunder Bay Community Foundation Scholarship and Bursary Reception Scrapbook Nurture Your Passion Build Our Community Create A Legacy

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1 Thunder Bay Community Foundation 2017 Scholarship and Bursary Reception Scrapbook Nurture Your Passion Build Our Community Create A Legacy

2 Congratulations to All Our Recipients Front Row: Mike Mawer (Marking Committee Member), Wendy Bell (Marking Committee Member), Jordan Lester (Marking Committee Member and TBCF Vice-President), Lesley Bell (Marking Committee Chair and TBCF Trustee), Paul Jasiura (Marking Committee Member and TBCF Trustee), Elizabeth Wieben (Marking Committee Member), and Alexandra Valcourt (Past Recipient Representative). Back Rows: 2017 Scholarship and Bursary Recipients This year 24 astonishing students won 26 different awards totaling almost $70,000. These bright individuals come from schools within the city of Thunder Bay and in the District of Thunder Bay including: École secondaire catholique de la vérendrye, Hammarskjold High School, St. Ignatius High School, Superior CVI, Sir Winston Churchill CVI, St. Patrick High School, Westgate CVI, Manitouwadge High School, Marathon High School, and Nipigon-Red Rock District High School. These students are the future of our community and will leave a legacy that will last forever. Thank you to the students support systems including their Families, Friends, Teachers, Guidance Counsellors/ Student Support Services, School Administration, and Mentors. Your caring and leadership has clearly enabled the students to reach this pinnacle and prepare them for their future academic and professional careers. A special thank you from the TBCF Staff and Board to the Teachers, Guidance Counsellors/Student Support Services, and Administration for the hard work and support you provide us. Without you we would not have the depth and quality of scholarship and bursary applications. Your help in the process from critiquing our submissions online with milestones to vetting them is invaluable. We are lucky to work with such supportive individuals and schools who care deeply for our youth. We look forward to working with you in the years to come. Finally, thank you to our Donors and Supporters. Every year we are able to give out these scholarships and bursaries to many deserving students thanks to you. The Thunder Bay Community Foundation is your foundation and you make it a success. Your investment in our youth today will reap huge benefits for years to come! Good luck to all our recipients. We are confident you will continue to be very successful in all your future activities and will show the world what Thunder Bay and District has to offer!

3 Recipients John A. McLean Scholarship Presented by Wendy Bell Sydney Charles Hammarskjold High School Shirley H. & Meredith O. Nelson Health Care Scholarship Presented by M.O. Nelson and Deborah Kraft Rebecca DeBruin Westgate CVI Roy Seymour Rogers and Geraldine Ruth Rogers Scholarship Cailin Dee Dawson Grouette- McDougall Abigail Taggart Liane Morin Kaleb Roberts Presented by Jordan Lester Marathon High School/Ecole Secondaire Cite Superieure Marathon High School/Ecole Secondaire Cite Superieure Nipigon-Red Rock District High School Manitouwadge High School Manitouwadge High School Superior North EMS Leslie Vance Bursary Presented by Marika Listenmaa Jasmine Cashmore Superior CVI Sarah Yeo Camryn Newman Jayden Gleeson Sarah Prenger St. Ignatius High School St. Ignatius High School Hammarskjold High School Hammarskjold High School Helen L. Dewar Scholarship Presented by Paul Jasiura École secondaire catholique Michelle Paradis de la Vérendrye Sarah Yeo St. Ignatius High School Joshua Dyke Family Scholarship Presented by Michael Maher Riley Yesno St. Patrick High School Kelly Yang Sir Winston Churchill CVI Victor Stevenson Engineering Scholarship Presented by Elizabeth Wieben Brendon Bukovy Westgate CVI Jared Van Elburg Ross A Wilson Scholarship Sir Winston Churchill CVI Presented by Ken Chase Hammarskjold High Jacqueline Dube School Zachery Hynna Hammarskjold High School Justice Ronald B. Lester Memorial Bursary Presented by Susan Lester Hannah Pearson Superior CVI Kaitlyn Kotala Leha Hill Autumn Quenville Arthur Widnall Bursary Hammarskjold High School Presented by Michael Larizza École secondaire catholique de la Vérendrye Superior CVI Kelly and George Badanai Family Bursary Presented by Kelly Badanai Ellen LaFroy St. Ignatius High School Susan Cochran Simonsen Bursary for Aboriginal Students Kaitlyn Kotala Presented by Sue Simonsen Hammarskjold High School

4 Highlighting New Bursaries Kelly and George Badanai Family Bursary Creating the Kelly and George Badanai Family Fund is another in the long line of philanthropic gifts the couple has given to their beloved community. The owners of Badanai Motors they have taken the company Mission Statement remaining a socially responsible member of the community to heart by investing in causes that resonate with their family. They have created a TBCF Bursary for St. Ignatius students as their son Spencer is a graduate who is a director/videographer and their daughter Neave is currently there. We are a community oriented family and the TBCF is a great vehicle for giving back said George. Susan Cochran Simonsen Bursary for Aboriginal Students When the Thunder Bay Community Foundation (TBCF) was formed in 1971, Sue Cochran Simonsen became a founding member. Sue was invited to attend the graduation ceremony at Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School and gained an insight into the amazing Aboriginal culture through the stirring drumming and singing of the ceremony as well as through the pride of the parents and community as they celebrated the achievements of their young graduates. It was then that Sue fully realized the chasm between the Aboriginal culture and the mainstream Canadian culture and that for the future of Canadian Society to advance, this separation had to be understood. As a retired educator, Sue had witnessed the many doors that had opened up to young people as they became transformed by education. Sue knew that the misunderstandings between the cultures could only be breached by education on both sides. She was determined to contribute in some way so that young Aboriginal Graduates. As such, Sue established the Susan Cochran Simonsen Bursary for Aboriginal Students. Highlighting Existing Scholarships Shirely H. & Meredith O. Nelson Scholarship The Shirley H. & Meredith Nelson Health Care Scholarship was established in Shirley H. Shrum was born April 7, 1923 on her family farm in Gainsborough Township, County of Lincoln, Province of Ontario. Shirley graduated as a registered nurse from Mack Training School in St. Catherine s, Ontario. Meredith O. Nelson and Shirley H. Shrum married and lived in Newfoundland where Meredith was in the Navy. When Meredith retired they settled in Thunder Bay in The fund was established by their daughter Deborah H. Kraft.

5 Speakers Past Recipient Representative Alexandra Valcourt, past recipient of the Roy Seymour Rogers and Geraldine Ruth Rogers Scholarships (2013) spoke to our highly motivated recipients. She gave advice for their future schooling career, shared her experiences and motivated the whole audience with her moving words. Current Recipient Representative Riley Yesno (St. Patrick High School), recipient of the Joshua Dyke Family Scholarship represented the current scholarship and bursary recipients. Although she could not be with us that evening, her mother, Kim Bevilacqua, share Riley s touching (and very humourous) words with us. Riley thanked TBCF donors, the Marking Committee, families, friends, teachers, mentors and all those that provided support to our very thankful recipients. Marking Committee Thank you to the Scholarship and Bursary Marking Committee on behalf of the Board of Trustees of the Thunder Bay Community Foundation. This committee has the challenge of reading all the applications we receive and choosing the recipients. With so many wonderful applicants, this is one of the most difficult roles in the Foundation. Your hard work and dedication is very much appreciated by the donors, board, staff and all our supporters.

6 Awards John A. McLean Scholarship Recipient Sydney Charles (Hammarskjold High School) with Marking Committee Member Wendy Bell. Shirley H. & Meredith O. Nelson Health Care Scholarship Recipient Rebecca DeBruin (Westgate CVI) with Donors M.O. Nelson and Deborah Kraft. Roy Seymour Rogers and Geraldine Ruth Rogers Scholarship Recipients Cailin Dee (Marathon High School/Ecole Secondaire Cite Superieure), Dawson Grouette- McDougall (Marathon High School/Ecole Secondaire Cite Superieure), Abigail Taggart (Nipigon-Red Rock District High School), Liane Morin (Manitouwadge High School), and Kaleb Roberts (Manitouwadge High School) with Marking Committee Member and TBCF Vice- President Jordan Lester.

7 Awards Superior North EMS Leslie Vance Bursary Recipients Jasmine Cashmore (Superior CVI), Sarah Yeo (St. Ignatius High School), Camryn Newman (St. Ignatius High School), Sarah Prenger (Hammarskjold High School) with Marika Listenmaa of Superior North EMS. Helen L. Dewar Scholarship Recipient Michelle Paradis (École secondaire catholique de la Vérendrye) and Sarah Yeo (St. Ignatius High School)with Marking Committee Member Paul Jasiura. Joshua Dyke Family Scholarship Recipient Kelly Yang (Sir Winston Churchill CVI) with Marking Committee Member Mike Maher.

8 Awards Victor Stevenson Engineering Scholarship Recipients Brendon Bukovy (Westgate CVI) and Jared Van Elburg (Sir Winston Churchill CVI) with Marking Committee Member Liz Wieben. Ross A Wilson Scholarship Recipients Jacqueline Dube (Hammarskjold High School) and Zachery Hynna (Hammarskjold High School) with Donor Ken Chase Justice Ronald B. Lester Memorial Bursary Recipients Kaitlyn Kotala (Hammarskjold High School) and Hannah Pearson (Superior CVI) with Donor Susan Lester

9 Awards Arthur Widnall Bursary Recipients Leha Hill (École secondaire catholique de la Vérendrye) and Autumn Quenville (Superior CVI) with Trustee Mike Larizza Kelly and George Badanai Family Bursary Recipient Ellen LaFroy (St. Ignatius High School) with Trustee and Donor George Badanai and Donor Kelly Badanai Susan Cochran Simonsen Bursary for Aboriginal Students Recipient Kaitlyn Kotala (Hammarskjold High School) with Donor Sue Simonsen

10 The Reception

11 The Reception

12 Thank You! Congratulations to all our recipients for We know you will go on to do great things with your lives and we are proud to have gotten to share the evening with you. Thank you to our donors, friends of the TBCF, Board of Trustees, and Alumni for helping us celebrate the achievements of these 24 deserving students. They are our community s legacy! For more pictures, please check out our Facebook Page or contact MJ Green at mjgreen@ tbcf.org or (807) Thank you to all of our wonderful service providers. Without your hard work and dedication our 2017 Scholarship and Bursary Reception would not have been as successful. Primary Photo - John Nistico Christina Zuback Photography Thyme Fine Dining (Catering Services) Thunder Bay Art Gallery (Venue) Thank you to our voluneeter Cassandra Tolmie. Your assistance throughout the event was greatly appreciated. Suite N. Syndicate Ave., Thunder Bay, ON P7C 3V admin@tbcf.org