GBA Update Spring 2025

CHAMPION OF THE BAY AWARD

The Inaugural Champion of the Bay Award

By Katherine Denune, Chair, Guardians of the Bay Committee

As the chair of the Champions of the Bay Committee, I am very happy to speak for our committee in sharing how excited we are to have such a wonderful slate of Champions for our first year. These outstanding community volunteers engage in a varieties of initiatives, from phragmites management to major shoreline clean-ups to placement of osprey nest platforms. We hope you are inspired by their stories and consider what might be possible in your area of the Bay. About the Award The Champion of the Bay Award recognizes and honours outstanding community volunteers who actively steward the Georgian Bay in a manner that promotes environmental wellbeing. Champions are people who reach beyond their cottage or family and positively impact the Bay, whether writing nature articles for their association newsletter or caring for birdhouses. Anyone and everyone is encouraged to nominate someone they know for the award. Each association reviews their nominees and selects their own Association Champion of the Bay. These Association Champions then become eligible for the overall Champion of the Bay award determined by GBA’s Champion of the Bay committee.

Nominate Someone you Know Have you thought of someone who should be recognized? Please scan the QR code to visit our webpage and make a nomination for 2025! All of our amazing community Champions once started small. We welcome nominations of youth, adults and those who may be just starting to be involved with environmental initiatives. We look forward to sharing their stories.

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Spring 2025 • GBA UPDATE