Of The Year Awards!

Congratulations!  Congratulations to all those who have been awarded the prestigous Of The Year awards.  The list of the chosen was published in the recent edtion of our Pulse of 86,  I will further list them below.  I do so with one addition: the Publicist of the Year.  I owe a sincere apology to this winner, Colleen Cole,  for not searching out the information for inclusion in the newsletter.  I thought I had an email with the winner's name but was not able to locate it at the time of sending the newsletter to press. That is indeed my error. For that, I am deeply sorry.

Here is the list of esteemed Toastmasters who have made an impressive impact in the lives of our Toastmasters community.

Peter Crabtree President of the Year:   Dennis Bartel, CC, ALB
Toastmaster of the Year:                      Andrea Petch, ACB, ALB
Division Governor of the Year:             Janet Johnson, DTM - Division A
Area Governor of the Year:                 Karim Premji, DTM - Area 24
Club Coach of the Year:                      Philip Lococo, ATMB, ALS
Publicist of the Year:                           Colleen Cole, ACB, CL

We are so proud of all of you.  Thank you for all you did to make District 86 Distinguished.  It was indeed a privilege to work with all of you and thankfully, I get to continue to work with some of you this year too. 

It is also time to announce the Above and Beyond contest.  All clubs that earn a minimum of 2000 points over and above the DCP minimums will receive a special badge for their banner, The top place club receives $100,00 in Toastmasters International gift certificates and a pizza party for their club with the District Team.

Here is the list of winners in order of points earned:

Hershaw Toastmasters                  4025
Black Walnut Toastmasters           3350
Allstate Canada Group (ACG)      2900
Brampton Toastmasters                2900
Richmond Hill  Toastmasters         2650
Grand River Toastmasters            2600
Fluid Communicator                     2600
Confidently Speaking                   2525
Find Your Voice                         2350
Markham Sweet Talkers             2300

Great things are going on in District 86!  Come...let's all be a part of these great things...and then I can write about you and your club too.  Sound like a plan?

Merri