Medicine Hat and area citizens receive coronation medals for community contributions

The recipients were led into Medicine Hat College’s Eresman Theatre by a bagpipe musician where Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner MP Glen Motz distributed the King Charles III Coronation Medals.

Terence Kowalchuk, president of the Medicine Hat Skateboard Association, said “it’s been a blessing.”

“It’s been 20 years of living life with skateboarders in this community and being part of a team and being part of something bigger than yourself,” Kowalchuk said.

“We’ve been able to do some really interesting, some really cool things. For me, it’s been kind of a life principle of as you give, you’re the one who actually benefits and you’re the one who receives.”

Donna Serr, known in Medicine Hat for her volunteer work with Make-A-Wish Canada, was another recipient.

“As I listened to all the recipients, I thought, wow, I’m a part of this and it’s just wonderful and I’m so grateful, so grateful,” Serr said.

“And that’s what community is about. It’s all-inclusive, it’s everybody. It doesn’t matter where you are on the life scale,” she added.

“Everybody has something to contribute and it’s amazing where the contributions to the community come from.”

by Kevin Kyle, Eli J. Ridder

Medicine Hat and area citizens receive coronation medals for community contributions

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