Last night at the Italo-Canadian Club, the Government of Ontario presented the Ontario Volunteer Service Awards to recipients in the Kingston Area. During the event more than 800 years of volunteer service in our area was recognized, and the nine recipients from the Pete Petersen Basketball League represented 105 years of that total. Kingston and the Islands MPP Ted Tsu was on hand to present the awards.
Congratulations to Mark Potter, Doug Jeffries, Madison Young, Taylor Emmons, Savannah Medley, Katie Duttle, AJ Carscallen, Zach Vincent Roy, and Andie Boles for your commitment to our program and your belief in what we do for the children in our community. You ARE difference makers.
Yesterday Doug Jeffries made a comment about the Canadian Little League Intermediate Baseball Tournament held over the last week at the Cricket Field. He said the overall event organization, and the Kingston Colts Bronze Medal victory yesterday, made him proud to be a Kingstonian. Having spent the last week watching those volunteers from the KBA put on an amazing tournament,I could not agree more. The OVSA recognition event last night for me was the cherry on top of that pride in being a Kingstonian.
My thanks to all of the volunteers in our organization. You are the reason why we will be able to begin our 71st season of operation in September.
