GCWCC Above & Beyond honourees named
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Forty-five community leaders were recognized with Above & Beyond awards from the General Council of Winnipeg Community Centres this past year.
This 2025 awards ceremony — the 14th — celebrated 11 former community centre presidents and 34 volunteers from 28 community centres across the city. It was held Nov. 20, 2025 at Deer Lodge Community Centre.
Past-president honourees included: Kathy O’Flaherty, Archwood; Harold Martinos, Burton Cummings; Christian Kennedy, Dakota; Bhagwant Muker, Maples; Susan Carson, Melrose Park; Jay Downs, Norwood; Joel Andrade, South Transcona; Masroor Khan, South Winnipeg; Bernita Mottola, Tuxedo Community Centre; Stuart Swanson, Westridge Community Centre; and Chirag Parnathia, Whyte Ridge Community Centre.
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The team at Dakota Community Centre is pictured at the General Council of Winnipeg Community Centre’s Above & Beyond awards event last month
Above & Beyond award recipients included: Larry Caners, Bord-Aire; Josh Maxwell, Bord-Aire; Dan Reles, Bourkevale; Kevin Brown, Central Corydon; Scott Street, Central Corydon; Beatrice Patton, Dakota; Fred Nicholson, Dakota; Breanna Sawatzky, Deer Lodge; Dave Feniuk, Deer Lodge; Cathie Haworth, Garden City; Ted Oxenforth, Greendell Park; Keith Roy, Greendell Park; Angie Johnston, Lord Roberts; and Keith Guay, Norberry-Glenlee.
Sean Mazur, Norwood; Brad Padoba, Park City West; Trisha Faurschou, Riverview; Quinn Fletcher, Riverview; Patricia Zeemal; Robert A. Steen; Robert Lyons, Transcona East End; Bonnie Bruce, Transcona East End; Rob Stevenson, Tuxedo; Laura Speziali, Tuxedo; Henry Clyke, Valley Gardens; Mandy Furney, Valley Gardens; Bryna Skelly, Valour; Jacquie Sinclair, Valour; Penny Block, Varsity View; Bryna Skelly; Angie Kazubek, Varsity View; Miranda Johnson, Whyte Ridge; Tenille Wilson, Whyte Ridge; Doris Lepine, Wildwood; Rob Cable, Winakwa; and Miriam Rudolph, Winakwa.
— Staff