John Murphy Of Vanderhoof To Receive Community Award

Friday, March 18, 2011 10:34 AM

Vanderhoof - John Murphy of Vanderhoof will receive the Community Achievement Award at a ceremony in Victoria on April 20^th, to be presented by Premier Christy Clark. Murphy has been an active community volunteer for as long as Vanderhoof residents can remember. He was a 15 year volunteer firefighter, a community and recreation fundraiser and he lead the effort to build a much-needed thirty-three unit seniors’ residence. John continues to make a difference in Vanderhoof by contributing his knowledge and skills to a project to build an activity centre for seniors. John was nominated for this prestigious award by the newly organized Volunteer Vanderhoof.

While gathering information for John’s nomination, John was described as, “a person who is dedicated to creating a better community.” and as “Driven. Once John sets a goal he is very determined to make it happen. He has great ideas, is a very social person with great community connections, incredibly experienced in fundraising and project management. He has incredible foresight; he can see how things will play out.” And “Very community minded. He is always there to help when something needs doing.

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