Board chairman Bob Todd says voluntary, or third-sector workers, make a huge contribution to the city, making it a much better place to live. “Without them we would be much poorer,” he says. The volunteers who were honoured this year are: Eugene Kennedy, Malcolm Moore, Anton and Mary Witteman, Margaret Wyatt, Paul Findlay, Julie Norris, Inner City Operation Neighbourhood (ICON), Tania Soppet, Volunteers of the Woolston- Sumner Handiscope Centre, Graham Mander, Rosemary and Peter Sladen, Volunteers of the Redcliffs Public Library, Steve Wale and Doris Harding.