PRESENTING: See who won big at this year's SooToday Community Builders Awards

SooToday celebrated the winners of the fourth annual Community Builders Awards yesterday.

This awards program is designed to recognize outstanding groups and individuals who help make Sault Ste. Marie a better place to work, live and play.

Congratulations to our 2024 winners:

• Arts - Shane Erickson
• Economic Development - Nevin Buconjic
• Education - Barbara Nolan
• Environment - Harvest Algoma
• Hall of Fame - The Algoma Highlands Conservancy
• Health Care - Community Wellness Bus
• Legacy - Elizabeth Mackinnon
• Sports and Recreation - Tyler Belanger
• Unsung Hero - Anja Rissanen
• Young Leader - Nevaeh Pine

SooToday will be running feature articles on each of the winners over the next couple of weeks to highlight their incredible accomplishments within our community.

We would like to express gratitude to everyone who took the time to fill out a nomination package for a group or individual. Without your support, we would not be able to honour these deserving winners!

We would also like to thank the recipients of these awards for their tremendous contributions to our community. Your vision, creativity, spirit and hard work has made a positive and lasting impact on our city.

Lastly, thank you to the generous sponsors who helped make this year's awards program possible:

• Algoma Office Equipment
• Algoma University
• Daniel J. Fremlin Building Group
• Eye Deal Optical
• Green For Life
• LBMX
• Northern Credit Union
• Sault College
• Tenaris
• United Steelworkers Local 2251

More details about the Community Builders Awards can be found here.

SooToday is proud to make a difference in our community by highlighting extraordinary individuals and organizations with our Community Builders Awards, a foundational piece of our SooToday Cares program.

Our mission is to create meaningful change in Sault Ste. Marie — and inspire others to do the same.