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On the evening of October 26th, 2022, Yorktown Family Services held our Virtual Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Recognition Night. The event featured the theme Reimagining, which encompassed Yorktown’s resilient perseverance in overcoming the many challenges of the past year. The evening celebrated the many accomplishments and successes of the fiscal year from April 1st, 2021 to March 31st, 2022.
The 2021/22 AGM was held virtually to ensure the safety of staff, students, volunteers, board members, partners and special guests. The evening’s program included special tributes, recognition of contributions made by partners and donors, as well as the presentation of an array of awards to staff, clients and volunteers. The 2021/22 Annual Report was shared with event invitees.
Yorktown Family Services would like to thank our guests for joining us and the many contributors who invested their time and talent to ensure another successful AGM! We hope we will be celebrating 2022/23 in person this time next year!!
Announcing the recipients of the 2021/22 AGM Awards!
Community Partnership Awards
Moonshot
Royal LePage Shelter Foundation
Eleanor Stein Memorial Women Award:
Rishi*
Linda Sumner Youth Development Fund Award:
Jay Alexander
Spirit of Giving Award:
Beryl Campeau-Larose
Karen Hutchinson Memorial Award:
Maria Jesus Docando
Staff Award of Excellence:
Lisa Thomas
Long-Term Service Award Recipient – 5 Years:
Naomi Baptiste
Ashleigh Bronson
Neeli Grewal
Maureen Ringlein
Catarina Rodrigues
Long-Term Service Award Recipient – 10 Years:
Felix Cabrera
Andrea Holmes
Lisa Thomas
Long-Term Service Award Recipient – 15 Years:
hope boulay
Pranab Ghimire
Abokar Mohamed
Urvashi Sharma
Fatima Valentim
Long-Term Service Award Recipient – 30 Years:
Gabbey Dessye
Board of Directors’ Dan Goldberg Award:
Larry Biricz
Congratulations to all the award recipients for 2021/22!
We would also like thank the AGM Planning Committee members:
- Suzette Arruda-Santos, Executive Director
- hope boulay, Director of Finance and Administration
- Gabbey Dessye, Director of Violence Against Women Services
- Andrea Holmes, Director of Development and Communications
- Celestina Medina, Human Resource Generalist
- David O’Brien, Director of Infant, Child and Youth Mental Health
- Mary Pomanti, Director of Human Resources
- Catarina Rodrigues, Development Generalist and chair of the AGM Planning Committee
We would like to extend a very special thank you to our 2021/22 staff volunteers for their tremendous support of the AGM Planning Committee:
- Ena Burbano, Family, Child and Youth Therapist
- Felix Cabrera, Care Navigator
- Sara Francavilla, Wraparound Facilitator
- Marty Petrovich, Family, Child and Youth Therapist
- Crystal Sampson, Resident Women Advocate Worker
- Chantal Sénéchal, Care Navigator as AGM Master of Ceremonies
- Lisa Thomas, Care Navigator
- Andrew McKenzie, Manager of ETA and Clinical Development as Tech Support
A special thank you to Flex-of-All-Trades for providing the featured art for the cover of the 2021/22 Annual Report.
To view the 2021/22 Annual Report, please click here.
*Names and identities have been changed to protect individual’s privacy