Mayor's Citizen Recognition Awards handed out in Charlottetown

Four people were presented with Citizen Recognition Awards on Thursday night at the Confederation Centre in Charlottetown.

Long-serving city staff members and those retiring were also honoured during the annual event.

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The awards honour people who have contributed to the community in a variety of ways through different types of service.

Coaching more than 100 teams

Chris Annettarrived onP.E.I. in 1963 and was a member of UPEI's first graduating class.

He taught in the Charlottetown school system for 38 years.

Since retiringhe has volunteered as a coach at Colonel Gray. In the past 12 years he has coachedmore than 100 teams.

He served as president of the Canadian School Sports Federation, the P.E.I. School Sports Federation and the P.E.I. Basketball Association.

He coached the P.E.I. basketball team at four Canada Games and his high schoolteamshave received national recognition several times.

Fundraiser

Annie Boyle moved to Charlottetown in 1966 and has spent much of her life fundraising for various causes and charities.

She raised $5,406 during the Canada's Atlantic Branch Door-to-Door Drive, one quarter of all the money generated.

Since 1993 she has raised more than $150,000 for different organizations.

She has been honoured in the past with the premier's award for distinguishedleadership, the Islander of the Year Award in 2012, and the Queen's Jubilee Medal.

Making sport an opportunity

Cecil Villardhas served the Special Olympics atthe provincial and national levels, filling many roles atboth.

He was president of the Special Olympics P.E.I. board, a member of the Special Olympics Canada board, and a coordinator of the bid committee for the 2004 SOCNational Winter Games, which were hosted in P.E.I.

During his time on the SOCboard he worked on the policy and planning aspects of growing and developing the organization.

He still sits on the Special Olympics P.E.I. board, and is co-chair of the 2018 Special Olympics Canada national bowling championship games organizing committee, which is preparing to host the event in Charlottetown, Summerside and Tyne Valley.

Entrepreneur, executive, mentor

The sitting lieutenant-governor of P.E.I., Frank Lewis, was honoured for his work of 60 years in the Charlottetown business community.

He was recognized in 2006 for his work when he was inducted into the Canadian Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame.

Lewis was also made a member of the Junior Achievement of Prince Edward Island Business Hall of Fame in 2010.

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