April Brydges-Hopkin Award
April Brydges-Hopkin, a volunteer firefighter with Goulais Fire & Rescue, was killed October 20, 2002, in a vehicle crash. April was driving on Highway 17 en-route to the fire station to respond to a call when she collided with a SUV heading the other direction.
Rest in Peace
VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR AWARD
Dedicated to the Memory of April Brydges-Hopkin - Goulais Fire & Rescue Volunteer
Look for nominations from the community to award the "Volunteer of the Year Award". This award is handed out during Goulais Community Day’s in July Nominations are received during the month of June and can be mailed,
phoned in or dropped off at local stores.
Previous Award Recipients:
2004 - Bonnie Dunn
2005 - Ross Cutmore
2006 - Blair Breckenridge
2007 - Paul Olar
2008 - Christa Wright
2009 - Theresa Smith
2010 - Martie McMillan
2011 - Dave Leveille
2012 - Glynn Rouse
2013 - Kelly Moskal
2014 - Jeff Bowen
2015 - Kelly L'Heureux
2016 - Randy Mattioli
2017 - Tammay Overland
2018 - Richard Breckenridge
2019 - Aaron Rooley
2020 - John McDonald
2022 - Katie Wakeley
2023 - Hope Stadnisky
In 2017 a new roadside memorial was erected for April. A special thank you goes out to Andrew McLeish and Rector Machine Works for their contributions.