Since its inception at our 25th Anniversary Celebration, Youville Centre has continued the tradition of honouring special partners, donors and volunteers with a “Youville Angel” Award. This award is given to individuals who provide unwavering support to our young moms and their children, and who through their advocacy, have furthered our mission and vision for Youville Centre. These Youville Angel Awards were awarded for the Annual General Meeting in September 2022.
Our Angel Awards are presented to people who have touched our hearts. Although we have celebrated 33 Angels in our history, each and every Angel has made life better for our moms and their children in a very special way. This year’s recipients are no exception.
2022 Graduation Recipients
Margie is one of the three very special women who we are highlighting as Youville Angels this year. Along with the support of her friends, she has been collecting and organizing a large amount of donations from family, friends and community networking and preparing gift boxes/bags in mass quantities to provide each of our clients (mamas and little ones) with donated gifts multiple times a year.
Margie says “Being a proud mother of 4 adult children and grandmother of 3 beautiful grandsons, family is a very important part of who I am. When I first discovered Youville Center, the idea of helping young mothers with their own parental journeys, became very exciting to me. As a youngster growing up, I can remember “angels” coming to my family’s aid, in the toughest of times. I have never forgotten these acts of kindness and I am honoured to be in the position now to help others.”
Thank you Margie, for your amazing efforts to support our young moms, you are truly a Youville Angel!
Debbie is one of our three very special women who discovered Youville Centre as an agency that aligned well with their values. Supporting mothers and babies at Youville quickly became a passion for Debbie. She rallied her friends and family to collect items for each mom and child at the Centre and created individual boxes containing toiletries, blankets, hats, toys and all sorts of other goodies. What started out as a Christmas donation, grew to multiple annual donations. Our young moms continue to be so appreciative of everything that was collected, offering comments like “I can’t believe this is all for me” and “Amazing that we each get a box full of stuff”.
Debbie says “I chose Youville Centre when I heard what the purpose is. Education is so important in every facet of life. The Centre provides this along with the best support possible to lead these families towards a better future. We want to assist these women and their children however we can to ease the way.”
Thank you Debbie, for your hard work supporting our clients with generous gifts, you truly are a Youville Angel!
Our third special woman, Brenda, is a grandmother to 4 children, who was searching for a way to help children who were not as fortunate as her grandchildren. She discovered Youville Centre 3 years ago and has been donating ever since. Brenda, along with her family and friends started collecting items to complete boxes of goodies for each mom and child in the Centre. Our young moms are very thankful for the donations!
Brenda says “When listening to the news one day the Youville Centre was being interviewed for a fundraiser, I decided this would be a good cause. Our “Families Who Care” team collects items for the boxes year round to ensure we can give each mom and child a meaningful gift at Christmas.”
Brenda and her daughter generously created, sewed and donated Youville masks for all staff and graduates for our 2020 & 2021 graduation ceremonies, during the height of the pandemic restrictions.
Thank you Brenda, for your thoughtful and consistent donations, you truly are a Youville Angel!
2021 Graduation Recipients:
- Mathieu Fleury
- Kelly Rasmussen
2020 Graduation Recipients:
- Chris Caletti
- Monica Goodhue
- Diny McMahon
2020 Annual General Meeting Recipients:
- Geoff Burridge
- Barbara Crook
- Shelagh Jane Woods
2019 Graduation Recipients:
- Linda Milton-Perreault
- Zybina Richards
2018 Graduation Recipients:
- Patrick Blanc
- Elizabeth Emond
- Gavin Thompson
2017 Graduation Recipients:
- Leanne Cusack
- Deb Robinson
- Cindy Simpson
- Megan Wallace
2016 Graduation Recipients:
- Linda Daily
- Shannon Gorman
- Michelle Valberg
2016 AGM Recipient:
- Jay Sanko
2015 Graduation Recipients:
- Jonathan Crosier
- Dr. Sarah Oliver
- Dwayne Brown
2014 Graduation Recipients:
- Peggy Austen
- David Smith
- Theresa Smith
2013 Graduation Recipient:
- Max Keeping
2012 Recipients Awarded at Youville Centre’s 25th Anniversary Celebration:
- John Baird
- Donald and Jean Eldon
- Steve Georgopoulos
- Dr. Tom Harle
- Dennis Jackson
- Hassa Mirchandani
- Marlene Shepherd