The Ontario Volunteer Service Awards recognize adult volunteers for their continuous years of commitment and dedicated service to an organization. Learn more about the awards' eligibility criteria and selection process.
Submitting a nomination
You can complete the Ontario Volunteer Service Nomination Form online or pick up a copy at the Administration Centre.
Please drop off your completed form at the Administration Centre, or mail it to:
Town of New Tecumseth
Clerk/Director of Administration Services
10 Wellington St. E.
Alliston, ON L9R 1A1
For more information, you can call the Clerks Department or Administration Services at 705-435-3900 or email Administration Services.
Posthumous nominations
You can make posthumous nominations. In such instances, the family of the nominee must (where possible) consent to the nomination.
Approval process
After you submit your nomination, the Clerk's office forwards the nomination to Council. Council then selects the inductees for that year.
We will contact both the inductee and the submission's author with next steps for the awards celebration that year.
Award presentation
Awards are presented at our annual Canada Day celebration. Award recipients are honoured with a stylized trillium service pin and personalized certificate. These acknowledge their years of service.
New Tecumseth recipients of the Ontario Volunteer Service Award
- 2018 – No recipient
- 2017 – No recipient
- 2016 – Tina Dedels
- 2015 – Gillian Tibbitts
- 2014 – Ernie Ogle
- 2012 – Michael Barson, Frank Taylor and Sally Taylor
- 2009 – Bruce Haire
- 2008 – Andrea Tipping, Ann Simister, Sunyatta Guild and Bill Weeda
- 2007 – Fran Fagan