<div dir="ltr"><div>Great to see you've been given this award, Kevin. You've helped make Waterloo Region a better place to live. Richly deserved!<br><br></div>Mary Ann<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 4:38 PM, butterflybluelu <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:butterflybluelu@rogers.com" target="_blank">butterflybluelu@rogers.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>
<div>Way to go!</div><div><br></div><div>So many years of dedicated advocacy accomplishments. Kevin has been there making the system changes for so many years. This is great to see!</div><div><br></div><div>Well done! </div><div>Lulu :0)</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size:85%;color:#575757">Sent from my Samsung device</div></div><div><div class="h5"><br><br>-------- Original message --------<br>From: Deb Swidrovich <<a href="mailto:deswid@gmail.com" target="_blank">deswid@gmail.com</a>> <br>Date: 2016-02-29 3:41 PM (GMT-05:00) <br>To: John Jackson <<a href="mailto:jjackson@web.ca" target="_blank">jjackson@web.ca</a>>, "GREN >" <<a href="mailto:all@gren.ca" target="_blank">all@gren.ca</a>> <br>Subject: Re: [All] GREN Vice-Chair to be honoured by Environmental Defence Canada <br><br> <div style="width:100%;font-size:initial;font-family:Calibri,'Slate Pro',sans-serif,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125);text-align:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Well deserved is right. Thank you Kevin for all that you do.</div><div style="width:100%;font-size:initial;font-family:Calibri,'Slate Pro',sans-serif,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125);text-align:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Deb Swidrovich</div> <div style="width:100%;font-size:initial;font-family:Calibri,'Slate Pro',sans-serif,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125);text-align:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br style="display:initial"></div> <div style="font-size:initial;font-family:Calibri,'Slate Pro',sans-serif,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125);text-align:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Bell network.</div> <table style="background-color:white;border-spacing:0px" width="100%"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="2" style="font-size:initial;text-align:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <div style="border-style:solid none none;border-top-color:rgb(181,196,223);border-top-width:1pt;padding:3pt 0in 0in;font-family:Tahoma,'BB Alpha Sans','Slate Pro';font-size:10pt"> <div><b>From: </b>John Jackson</div><div><b>Sent: </b>Monday, February 29, 2016 3:38 PM</div><div><b>To: </b>GREN ></div><div><b>Subject: </b>[All] GREN Vice-Chair to be honoured by Environmental Defence Canada</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="border-style:solid none none;border-top-color:rgb(186,188,209);border-top-width:1pt;font-size:initial;text-align:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"></div><br><div><div><i>Each year, Environmental Defence recognizes an outstanding individual whose leadership has helped to create a greener and more prosperous Canada with the Green Champion award. This year the Green Champion award recipient is Kevin Thomason – an environmental advocate and a steadfast supporter of Environmental Defence’s Greenbelt program. </i></div><div> </div><div>Description in Gala Program: </div><div><i>Green Champion</i></div><div><i>Kevin Thomason</i></div><div><i>Vice-Chair, Grand River Environmental Network</i></div><div><i> </i></div><div><i>Kevin Thomason has been an environmental advocate for over 20 years. As President of the Sunfish Lake Association for more than a decade he played a key role in regional efforts to promote a greenbelt plan for the Region of Waterloo and urged regional council to approve policies to protect farmland and preserve natural landscapes. Kevin actively promotes support for the Region of Waterloo’s Light Rail Transit system which will support compact growth and prevent sprawl and is a Co-Founder of SmartGrowth Waterloo. </i></div><div><br></div><div>
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