Jeff Rollings

A salute to eight people whose passionate work has changed our community for the better.

Under David’s leadership, Theatre Orangeville has been recognized for the original Canadian works it stages and its important role in the community.

This Shelburne resident is an advocate for diversity, equity and inclusion in her community.

After 17 years as executive director of Family Transition Place, Norah Kennedy believes her career has taught her “courage, hope and resilience.”

Community activist, environmental advocate and freelance reporter Dan O’Reilly is passionate about protecting the land we live on.

Kevin Junor is on a mission is to raise awareness of the No. 2 Construction Battalion, the Black World War I soldiers who served in a segregated unit.

This Grade 8 student from Shelburne is a fierce athlete, who took home four medals from the 2023 World Dwarf Games held in Cologne, Germany.

Neil was awarded Caledon’s Community Champion Award 2022 for both his longtime participation as a member of the Bethell Hospice volunteer team and his involvement in a wide range of Caledon environmental initiatives.

The crafty mother-daughter team is on a mission to keep people warm, fed and looked after with their “Warmth for the Winter” initiative, and other charitable works.

The founding director, president and chair of the Dufferin Community Foundation is well known in Mulmur for his longtime passion for local politics, community service and charity work.

Owning a home, or even managing rising rental costs, is becoming farther and farther beyond the means of many working people in Headwaters.

Community foundations in Caledon and Dufferin perpetuate a donor’s legacy and help stabilize a charity’s funding. Win, win.

The mother-daughter duo advocated for Orangeville’s new Bravery Park – which honours all military personnel, including their late son and brother.

Meet one of the driving forces behind Orangeville’s annual Celebrate Your Awesome event, a salute to pride and diversity in Dufferin County.

We salute three longtime volunteers with TeleCheck, a free telephone check-in service for people older than 55 who are living in their own homes.

Manager Lena Bruce, physician Charlie Joyce and nurse Darlene Fitzpatrick kept Headwaters Health Care Centre’s Covid-19 assessment centre going during the pandemic.

With everyone stuck together at home during the pandemic, conflicts escalated and this team went into high gear to help new clients.

Six women carry on a 20-year history of bringing exceptional, independent film to Orangeville.