Volunteer Awards Val Dixon, Janice Imrie, Susan Thompson, Corey Thompson, Gary Wickens, Kori James, Debbie Knutson, missing Cindy March.

An awards night was held as part of the Infusion Entrepreneurship Conference held yesterday.  The Flin Flon and District Chamber of Commerce, Community Futures Greenstone and our five area communities presented awards to volunteers and businesses.

Volunteer awards for Flin Flon were presented to Corey Thompson and Susan Thompson, for Creighton Janice Imrie and Val Dixon, Denare Beach Debbie Knutson and Cindy March and Cranberry Portage Gary Wickens and Kori James.  The Snow Lake awards to Paul Hawman and Margaret Yoder will be presented at a ceremony there on Tuesday.

The small business awards went to Wings Over Kississing, Tina’s Office on Wheels and Flin Flon Home Hardware and Snow Lake Home Hardware will receive their award Tuesday. The Community Ambassador Award was presented to the Lions Club Handivan.

All presenters thanked the award recipients for their dedication to their community and its organizations and activities with guest speaker comedian Matt Falk adding you invest in your communities, you help communities grow and you help them thrive.

Lions Club members and Handivan Drivers received the Community Ambassador Award from Greenstone Manager Becky Cianflone (second from right)