Osoyoos Rotary First Responder Awards has recognized Colleen Aven as SAR Member of the Year.
Colleen has given thousands of volunteer hours in her 16+ years with SAR. She has been on well over 200 search, rescue, and recoveries and specializes in many different technical areas.
Colleen is search and rescue in its truest form. She is highly skilled and greatly respected by all.
OOSAR is proud to have someone of such caliber on the team!
Pat and Jerry Monahan says
Congratulations Colleen
and to the whole team
Joyce Kuzyk says
An award which is well-deserved, Colleen! You have contributed much to earn this.
You are an example of dedication, hard work and volunteerism.
Pat Hampson says
Congratulations Colleen. I used to train alongside SAR when we did group exercises. I was impressed with their dedication and I know your Oliver members are ready to respond. One of the members in Squamish was Tom Shields who doubled as SAR and BC Ambulance; maybe someone on your team trained alongside him from a joint exercise.
Anyway all of you are extremely dedicated and deserve recognition for your hard and dangerous work.