Our major fundraising event is the Saskatoon Preschool Foundation Dinner. Several volunteers give their vital support. The Educators of Distinction awards recognize quality educators in the community. People are encouraged and invited to nominate those individuals who have made a positive impression on themselves or in the life of a child.
* Beginning in 2007, the name of the award was changed to Champion of Children.
The list of Awardees (underlined) and Nominees are:
2008
Lynn Carle, John & Pat Dubets, Donna Fortner, Jim Jutras, Michele MacKay, Martin’s Produce Sales, Cal Popoff, READ Saskatoon (Family Literacy Program), St. Michael School Staff, Don Schmidt, Gwen Schmidt, Elsie Sedgwick, Joan Stock, Christine Sutton
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
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, YvonneSeckinger & Cindy Kuppenbender;
Richard Dubč; 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; Team of Barb Obed, Roseanne Elia, Glenda Stabner, and Mary Symchych;
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.
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, St. Mary Oskiyak Song and Dance Troupe, Gayle Weenie, Myrna Yuzicapi
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
