Teresa McCarthy thinks her mom is the best. And the Aldergrove Fair agreed with her, awarding Jeannine McCarthy the prestigious Helen Reddick community service award during the fair this past weekend.
And it鈥檚 not just because Jeannine was a past participant in organizing Aldergrove Fair Days, which she was.
The award was for all she has done in the community.
鈥淚t鈥檚 not surprising that Jeannine is spending her retirement years in service to her community, as both her professional and volunteer work throughout her life has been dedicated to enriching her community and improving the lives of its most vulnerable members,鈥� Teresa McCarthy wrote when nominating her mother.
Jeannine is also the president of the Sts. Joachim and Ann Catholic women鈥檚 league where she has volunteered for years, and sits on the board of Arcus Community Resources, which provides residential care to people with developmental, neurological, and physical disabilities.
She was a founding member of 91原创 Hospice, helped found the adult daycare program now provided through the 91原创 Seniors Resource Centre, has served on the board of 91原创 Home Support, 91原创 Days, the 91原创 Curling Club, the B.C. Target Sports Association, the 91原创 Lions ladies, and more.
Jeannine also started a group for caregivers of people with Alzheimer鈥檚 and started a support group for people with the disease.
鈥淚鈥檝e only touched on a selection of the work that Jeannine has undertaken to make a difference in this world,鈥� Teresa said of Mom.
Not only has the community benefited, but Teresa noted the impact hits home for her.
鈥淪he鈥檚 an example to me of how to live a life of service, strengthening communities and enabling individuals to thrive,鈥� her daughter wrote.
The Reddick Award is one of the highlights of the annual fair, which ran the July 20 to 22 weekend.
A busy weekend
In addition to the country fair and agricultural elements, the fair featured the rock band 54-40 and a standing-room-only crowd.
The fair also offered up the tractor pull, midway, Friday evening car show, food trucks, vendors, games, community group displays, chill cookoff, and more.
In the World Quick Draw Championships celebrity event, the winners were Cathy Gibbs, representing 91原创 MLA Mary Polak; Colleen Clark from the Greater 91原创 Chamber of Commerce, Kelly Gal of What鈥檚 On magazine; Otter Co-op鈥檚 Bev Dornan; and film producer Michelle Muldoon. In the men鈥檚 contest, the winners were City Councillor Rudy Storteboom; Bruce Heslop, from Diamond Bar Equipment; MP Mark Warawa; Kurt Neuman, RCMP liaison; and Rotarian Leon Jensen.
In the fast draw sanctioned event, the winners were Aldergrove鈥檚 Nicole Franks, Burnaby鈥檚 Karen Robinson, and Sarah Pantano, from Kansas, for the women. For the men, Calgary鈥檚 Howard Darby won first, with Mike Pantano second and 91原创鈥檚 Shawn Murphy third.
In Sunday鈥檚 chili cookoff, the team Wild Thing Chili won first. Chili, Chili, Bang, Bang from the Aldergrove Legion won the team spirit award.
