2023-2024 Distinguished Catholic Volunteer Awards

Posted On Friday April 19, 2024

Congratulations to the 2023-2024 Distinguished Catholic Volunteer Award recipients. We love our volunteers! Thank you to the dedicated volunteers who contribute to the success of our schools and committees each and every day. 

Each year the Durham Catholic Parent Involvement Committee and the Durham Catholic District School Board come together in April to celebrate and thank our volunteers for their countless hours helping our schools, fundraising and/or participating in board-wide committees. 

We are honoured to present the 2023-2024 Distinguished Catholic Volunteer Award recipients below.  

Distinguished Catholic Volunteers for Ajax Schools:

  • Theresa Valera, Archbishop Denis O'Connor Catholic High School;
  • Sven Paulsen, Notre Dame Catholic Secondary School;
  • Alexa Rodney, St. André Bessette Catholic School;
  • Linda Lyne-Orr, St. Bernadette Catholic School;
  • MJ Mananquil, St. Catherine of Siena Catholic School;
  • Jennifer Caldwell, St. Francis de Sales Catholic School;
  • Rachel Brabant, St. James Catholic School;
  • Ave Maria Anthony, St. Josephine Bakhita Catholic School;
  • Galina Neelamegam, St. Jude Catholic School;
  • Luz De Maria Villegas Estrada, St. Patrick Catholic School;
  • Angela Housen, St. Theresa of Calcutta Catholic School.

Distinguished Catholic Volunteers for Northern Schools (Beaverton, Port Perry, Uxbridge):

  • Sheri Wilson & Edith Fox, Good Shepherd Catholic School;
  • Colline Theodoru, Holy Family Catholic School;
  • Krystal Wagner, St. Joseph Catholic School Uxbridge.

Distinguished Catholic Volunteers for Oshawa Schools:

  • Christine West, Monsignor John Pereyma Catholic Secondary School;
  • Raffaela Risorto, Monsignor Paul Dwyer Catholic High School;
  • Kim MacDonald, Monsignor Philip Coffey Catholic School;
  • Lyndsay Musclow, St. Anne Catholic School;
  • Deanna Ley, St. Christopher Catholic School;
  • Alanna Capogreco, St. Hedwig Catholic School;
  • Caitlin Johnston, St. John XXIII Catholic School;
  • Nicole Swift, St. John Bosco Catholic School;
  • Larry McAvoy, St. Joseph Catholic School Oshawa;
  • Andrea Provenzano, St. Kateri Tkakwitha Catholic School;
  • Kylie McAllister, St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic School;
  • Nicole Cunningham, Sir Albert Love Catholic School.

Distinguished Catholic Volunteers for Pickering Schools:

  • Sue Priestman, St. Mary Catholic Secondary School;
  • Patricia Vanderputt, Father Fénelon Catholic School;
  • Vanessa Small, St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic School;
  • Antonietta Cillo, St. Isaac Jogues Catholic School;
  • Paul Dalton, St. Monica Catholic School;
  • Margie Joyce & Barb Perrott, St. Wilfrid Catholic School.

Distinguished Catholic Volunteers for Whitby Schools:

  • Geoffrey Bend, All Saints Catholic Secondary School;
  • Anna Lisa Althaide, Father Leo J. Austin Catholic Secondary School;
  • Yuliana Tjie, St. Bernard Catholic School;
  • Jenna Stuart-Hagge, St. Bridget Catholic School;
  • Mirco Cabrias, St. John the Evangelist Catholic School;
  • Lindsay McIntosh, St. John Paul II Catholic School;
  • Lynne Ruetz, St. Leo Catholic School;
  • Melissa Hull, St. Luke the Evangelist Catholic School;
  • Nicole O'Neill, St. Marguerite d'Youville Catholic School;
  • Melissa DaSilva, St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic School;
  • Carly Muegge, St. Matthew the Evangelist Catholic School;
  • Laura Ore, St. Paul Catholic School;
  • Zoran Mavrevski, St. Theresa Catholic School.

More information about the Distinguished Catholic Volunteer Awards can be found on the Durham Catholic Parent Involvement Committee website.