About Us

Champions of Children

Our major fundraising event, Saskatoon Preschool Foundation Dinner, is held each spring to recognize individuals and groups who have made a significant contribution in the life of a child.

When it was first started, in 1997, it was called The Educator of Distinction Award and approximately twelve individuals or groups were selected from those nominated to receive the award.

In 2007 the name of the award was changed to Champions of Children to encourage the recognition of a more diverse range of individuals and groups throughout the community who had made a difference in the life of a child. Awards were presented to each person nominated.

Champions of Children Dinner

Friday, April 20, 2012
Bessborough Hotel

Nomination Deadline - March 09, 2012

You are invited to nominate someone who is a "Champion of Children!" We invite you to help us celebrate those who make a positive difference in the lives of our children.

Think of a Champion of Children as someone from the community who has made a difference in your learning and/or well-being or that of a child. These individuals can be but are not limited to the following examples:

Preschool Teachers

Community Educators

Professors & Instructors

Teachers & Counsellors

Elders

Administrators

Business Mentors

Police Officers

Adult Educators

Social Workers

Coaches

Support Staff

Education Assistants

Music, Art and Dance Teachers

Volunteers

Librarians

Trainers

Psychologists

Medical Personnel

 

 

We look forward to recognizing the nominees at the Saskatoon Preschool Foundation Dinner. Each nominee will feel honored and recognized. All nominees will be presented with a framed piece of original artwork done by a preschool child.

Nomination Guidelines

As the nominator (with two supporting signatures), write a one-two page submission (no attachments) which describes why the nominee the nominee is a Champion of Children. You may wish to use the following as guidelines:

  • Ways this individual has made a difference in the learning and/or wellbeing of children
  • Examples of this individual's outstanding qualities
  • Accomplishments of this individual
  • Impact this individual has had on you or the life of a child

In addition, please include:

  • A 5 - 6 sentence bio that would be suitable for use in the introduction of your nominee
  • a photo of the nominee (for a visual presentation at the dinner)
  • current position

By March 9, 2012 forward your nomination to:

The Saskatoon Preschool Foundation,

c/o John Dolan School,

3144 Arlington Avenue,

Saskatoon, SK S7J 3L5

Phone: 683-8384

Fax:  657-3920

E-mail: spf@spsd.sk.ca

Tickets

Each Nominee will be sent a letter giving details of the evening and one (1) complimentary dinner ticket per nomination. The nominator(s), and the Nominee's family members and friends are encouraged to attend and honor the nominees. Tickets ($85, portion tax receipted) are available from the Foundation Office. Reserved seating is available.

Champions of Children

2010

John Barton

Brenda Baker

Dolly Beaudry

Gail Cassidy

Cynthia Cole-Hynes

Gisele Fahlman

Stacy Faulk

Elaine Graham

Colette Hancock

Howard Coad School Staff

Terry Johanson

Jacqui Kucey

Angela Kunz

Jeanne Mager

Millie’s Early Learning Centre

Carrie Muench

Judy Ostrander

David Pringle

Riversdale Kiwanis Club

Gail Sajtos

Patricia Saunders

Jodi Simpson

Cheryl Storey-Kowalchuk

Carlene Walter

2009

Lorraine Allan

Kelly Bowers

Lyvia Buck

Sharon Cousins

Caron Dagenais

Lisa Fedorowich

Jenna Froese

Lorne Gelowitz

Howard Coad Staff

Jane Hudson

Gary Johns

Laura Kuzub-Trembly

Wayne MacDonald

Daryl McKen

Dawn McLean-Belyk

Dana McLeod

Susan McMillan

Bonnie Mihalicz

Amanda Peddle

Shannon Peterson

Judy Pidskalny

Pope John Paul II Staff

Maxine Reid

Barb Riordon

Linda Rudachyk

Myrna Ryland

Cathy Sieben

Leslie Sichello

Norm Stonehouse

Maureen Strawson

Patti Tastad

Lori Tkachuk

Diane Wilby

Gerald Woloschuk

Pamela Wonnick

 

Tammie Denby and Anna Ringstrom

Cloth for Kids - Edna Poncelet and Sharon Elder

 

 

 

2008

Lynn Carle

John & Pat Dubets

Donna Fortner

Jim Jutras

Michele MacKay

Cal Popoff

Don Schmidt

GwenSchmidt

Elsie Sedgwick

Joan Stock

Christine Sutton

St. Michael School Staff

Martin’s Produce Sales

READ Saskatoon (Family Literacy Program)

 

2007

Daphne Bahnmann

Marcy Cook

Sue Delanoy

Bonnie DeWitt

Karla Drury

Marlene Eager

Gordon Findlater (posthumous)

Clara & Jake Friesen

Rick Garman

Pamela Goulden-McLeod

Warren “Red” Holder

Elaine Keil

Jeff Morari

Dr. Alan Rosenberg

SaskTel Youth Network

Kyle Williams

 

 

The Award winners (bold) and Nominees are:

2006

Dr. Bill Brooks

Krista Bula

Patricia Carey

Tim Comfort & Chris Catton

Jan Dougall

Edward Erickson

Donna Fehr

Shawna Hersikorn

Rita Gunning

Jim Jasieniuk & Virginia Onyilagha

Susan Katzman

Sheila Kennedy

Betty Knechtel

Kumudini Lakshman

Juanita Liebrecht

Shelly Loeffler & Scott Thompson

Sheila Massey

Audrey Matiko

Mendel Art Gallery Staff

Sheila Morgan

Tamara Murray

Fawn Nielsen

Ida Nerbas

Ken Pizurny

Pat Poitras

Gladys Reimer

Saul Reis

Ray Rooney

Saskatchewan Tourism Education Council

Sylvia Scafel

Lorraine Sloman

Ryan Sproule

Jill Staffen

Bev Summach

Grier Swerhone

Kim Szuta

Liz Thiessen

Karen Uhrich

Guy Verrette

Jennifer Wallace

Warren Wiegers

Ruth Wiens

Danny Yee

Youth For Christ School Ministries

Staff of the Ecole College Park School

Administrators and Teaching Staff of Howard Coad School

 

 

2005

Scott Barrett

Geri Broda

Martina Cain

Darren Cannell

Laurel Chelsom

City Park Collegiate: Administration and Staff

Laurel Clark

Susan Cradock

Lucien Deux

Kathy Doepker

Marlene Eager

Mona Eremondi

Iris Hauser

Debra Heinrichs

Aleta Hillier

Howard Coad School: Administration and Staff

Judy Jones

Tim Jones

John Lake School: Administration and Staff

Raelene Kenney

Terry Kikcio

Murdine McCreath

Michael McGarity

Mary Anne Mitchell

Pat Poitras

Sharon Poncelet

Saskatoon Community School Prekindergarten Board and Executive Director

Saskatoon and District Labour Council

Laureen Sawatsky

Jackie Stokvis-Flaherty

Michelle Timm

Dorothy Lukkien Van’t Hof

Margaret Wassenaar

Donnalee Weinmaster

Angela Wood

 

2004

Deb Albrecht

Body Shop Employee Volunteers

Angie Caron

Dale Cholowsky

Colleen Cole

Bonnie DeWitt

Marlene Eager

Ann Fofonoff

Friendship Inn

Mary Anne Gambell

Pat Goshawk

Howard Coad School Staff

Paul Jacoby

Brenda Knisley

Jocelyn Lalonde-Senecal

Daryl Lesyshyn

Dawn MacTavish & Melinda Bulin-Anderson

Wilf McDougall

Sheelah McLean

Shannon Miko

Gail Mullock

Marlene Panko

Jacalyn Phillips & Lee Mossman

Judy Pidskalny

Pat Poitras

Colum Price

Kathy Probert

Linda Risling

Ferne Robinson

Barry Rusnell

Lisa Salloum

Linda Smith

Mike Tanton

Kathy Tatham

Lorrie Trail

Maria Truchan-Tataryn

2003

Kim Archibald & Judy Kiss

Yves Bousquet

Pierre Cataract

Cathy Collins

Kristy Deans-Jarvis

Yvonne Seckinger & Cindy Kuppenbender

Richard Dubé

Delores Dumais

Donna Lee Dumont

Elfrieda Ens

Allison Fairbrother

Debby Ferguson

Rob Friesen

Marg Gauthier

Jim Hoffman

Frances Hooper-Price

Wendy Jarosz

Kinsmen Hockey League

Jacqueline Kurmey

Ian Mirtle

Lynda Muzyka

Warren Noonan

Elaine Penner

Alison Penrod

Wendy Peters

Wendy Ratzlaff, & Wendy Stevenson

Larry Philipenko

Linda Risling

Saskatchewan Native Theatre Co.

Dr. Dave Scott

Lisa Sebestyen-McLean

Patti Sebestyen

Eloise Sitter

Bev Summach

John Taras

Doreen Thiessen

Rhonda Wacker

Cindy Johnson & Tracy Painchaud

Ruth Weisberg

Lenora Wiebe

Ruth Wiens

Mark Wilderman

Alan Luciuk

Kathy Luciuk & Sue Boryski

Odia Wood

2002

Ina Ahenakew

Daphne Bahnmann

Ron Berntson

Bob Birtles

Buena Vista Home

School and Community Assn.

Cec Chambul

Dale Cholowsky

Laurel Clark

Pat Clarkson

Michelle Dament

Lisa Dyck

Liz Edmonds posthumously

Ed Erickson

Fred Fentiman

Colleen Gerling

Tammy Glynn

Renee Hitchings

Wendy Janzen

Ken Keats

Sheila Kennedy

Marge Ketilson

Darlene Kidd

Brenda Knisley

Shari Lang & Lori Dyck

Vernon Linklater

Shelley Loeffler

Mickey MacLellan

Mildred & Gordon McDonald

Dr. Isabelle Mills

Trevor Neufeld

Judy Poellet

Rabin Ramanjooloo

Linda Risling

Vera Robertson

Donna Sealy

Cheryl Shields

Mary Louise Shirley

Bev Siepp

Denise Skuce

Cheryl Soulodre

Wayne Tamke

Dr. Dianne Van Hesteren

Rhonda Wacker

Shirley Wright

Princess Alexandra Community School Staff and Community

 

 

2001

Sharon Bâby

Broc Batty

Jean Berndt

Leon Bomok

Gail Borschneck

Yves Bousquet

Toni Carlson

Sharon Champ

Colleen Cole

Carey Derkachenko

Lorenzo Dupuis

Leanne Dufour Atchison

Helen Few

Elaine Findlay

Dr. Louise Forsyth

Linda Graves

Margaret Hurst

Dave Isaak

Laurel Jackson

Norma Jensen

Team of Connie Haukeness, Betty McBride, and Norma Thompson

Staff of John Lake School

Loraine Kowlski

Faye Laliberte

Everett Larson

Anita MacPherson

Carol McGarvey

Pam Fowler and Judy Jones

Karen Omelan-Davis

Frank Pascoe

Michelle Pfeifer

Bryan Puk

Nicole Rebin

Staff of River Heights School

Cst. Joceline Schriemer

Jack Seel

Team of Liane Pinel, Cheryl Hauser, and Patti Nussbaum

Dr. Richard Snyder

Team of Cameron Allen, Patricia Carey, and Krista Wallace

Carol Thiesen and Jayne Hudson

Wendy Thomson

Sharon Van Cleave

Ali Vandenberg

Janice Walker-Szaroz

Marilyn Wegren-Wiggins

Emilie Zaritski

Team of Barb Obed, Roseanne Elia, Glenda Stabner, and Mary Symchych

2000

Seth Adams and Beth Neufeld

Ted Amendt

Bedford Road Invitational Tournament

Simone Begrand

Sylvia Bender

Anne Bocking

Bruce Bradshaw

Sharon Champ

Denise Cheke

Confederation Park Prekindergarten Program,

Dr. Christopher Dean

Wayne Dyck

Marlene Eager

Judy Edwards & Diana Lucier

Diane Epp

Nick Fanner

Betty Field

Pam Fowler

Connie Haukeness

Paul Humbert

John Dolan Staff

John Lake School

Kim Jordan

Elizabeth Kevill (Phipps)

Renata Klassen

Tracey Knight

Brenda Knisley

Laurie Lafurtune

Margaret Mack

Carl Melnyk

Gary Morrison

Donna Nazar

Sylvia Obrigewitsch

Evelyn Peterson

Joan Plosz

Katie Poundmaker

Russ Regier

Dr. Gladene Robertson

Dianne Scaddan

Yvonne Seckinger

Barry Shefernack

Kathy Jo Simmie

Tony Slugoski

Lora Solvason

Maureen Strawson

Caroline Tessmer

Isla Thompson

Wayne Toews

Jennifer Trimble

Debbie Wiebe (in memoriam)

 

1999

Susan Barrett

Brenda Bennett

Anne Boulton

Yves Bousquet

Wilma Clark

Community Learning for Success

Richard Dubé

Dave Dust

Cheryl Erlandson

Lorraine Ferré

Theresa Fidler & Dianna Michalycia

James Friesen

Janie Funk

Vera Gallagher

Jennifer Gentes

Red Holder

Laurel Jackson

Giséle Jean-Bundgaard

Susan Jeske

Fiona Klotz

Loraine Kowalski

Marlene Kuch

Everett Larson

Diana Lucier

Jane Macleod

Cecile Martell

Kevin McLean

Marlene McKnight

Janet Merrick

Anne Porteous

Brad Rose

Gail Sajtos & MaryAnne Gambell

Bonnie Schoenfeld

Patricia Soltys

Dorene Steele

Yuki Sugimoto

Super Saturday Program

Ross Tait

Danny Umpherville

Ali Vandenberg

Bruce Vandenberg

Brenda Vinish

Doug Von Hagen

Westmount Community School Staff

Diane Wilby

1998

Betty Ann Balon Bodnar

Susan Barrett

Julie Boser

Yves Bousquet

Donna Braun

Lee Brodie

Sherri Burgess

Carolyn Chu

Sharon Cousins

Leanne Dufour Atchison

Jed Dyck

Glenna Fairbrother

Barry Hill

Laura Jay

Darcey Kerr

Maxine Kinakin

Mike LeClaire and Jack Nepjuk

Ted Merriman

Michelle Michael

Charlotte Murray

Kyla Popoff

Ken Prebushewski

Allan Ross

Arley Wieler

Barbara Wright

Judy Yahyahkeekoot

Team of Jonina Male, Elta Fae Marlor, and Theresa Fidler

Total Staff of Marvellous Mayfair School

Way to Work Program SACL & SIAST

Basic Ed 10 Staff SIAST

1997

Preschool

Joan Doyscher

Judy Jones

Maxine Kinakin

Judy Klassen

Elsie Mills

Joan Plosz

Heather Ramsey

Melanie Roth

Tammy Shircliff

Laverne Szejvolt

Rhonda Wacker

Saskatoon Inner City Preschool Teachers

K-12:

Barb Bailey

Susan Barrett

Don Bates

Roberta Bear

Lee Bells

Peter Bishop

Caswell Community School Staff

Confederation Park School Staff

Carol Dean

Verna Demers

Kim Deibert

Ed Erickson

Debby Ferguson

Dennis Flaherty

Phyllis Fowler

Bert Gogal

Patricia Goshawk

Denis Goulet

Velmarie Halyk

Mary Hanna

Sandi Harper

Mary Hughes

Arnold Anderson

Geraldine Martin

Monique Martin

Don McLeod

Zelma Milne

Diane Okrainetz

Maxine Park

Audrey Sadler

Lorrainne Samborsky

Jim Seamen

Grace Skrudland

Vasil Szalasznyj

Connie Tate

Ted Thacker

Marie Thiessen

Chris Wright

Barb Wotherspoon

Paraprofessional

Brett Adams

Margaret Altrogge

Heather Anderson

Jackie Beck

Carol Kivell

Ruth Cooney

Nina Henry

Denise Lepage

Kyla Popoff

Randy Teichrob

Bernie Volk

Lori Weinkauf

Community Education

Lori Biro

Lee Brodie

Pauline Genaille

Radius Centre

 

 

Reading Partnership

St.Michael and ABE-Kelsey

Dorothy Sawatsky

 

Aboriginal Excellence

Peter Bishop

Duan Favel

Joe Gallagher

J. Ann Popoff

Gayle Weenie

Myrna Yuzicapi

St. Mary Oskiyak Song and Dance Troupe

 

 

Post Secondary

Karla Jessen-Williamson

Bob Regnier

 

Administrators

Lynn Bayne

Sherri Burgess

Pat Dickson

Wayne Dyck

Terry Friesen

Doug Gleave

Linda Graves

Dr. F. McKinnon

Doug Porteous

Verdyne Schmidt

Linda Tunney

Dianne Van Hesteren

John Wandzura

 

 

Life Time Achievement

Pat Dickson

 

 

Champions of Children

2011

Gerard Ackerman

John Arthur

Dr. Thomas Best and the Pediatric Diabetic Team

Stacy Flahr

Deborah Gibson-Dingwall

Irma Grandon

Val Harper

Howard Coad School Staff

Sandra Lesko

Jessica Moneo

Dianna Moroz

Sylvia Regnier

Bob Saunders

Linda Stanviloff

Gordon Taylor