HC President Vuksan Earns Award

Mark Vuksan pictured at the 2010 Annual Banquet.

Larry Moko, The Hamilton Spectator — The largest event recognizing sport volunteers in Canada celebrated its 25th anniversary Thursday.

Since the inception of Hamilton’s annual Sport Volunteer Appreciation Banquet, more than 20,000 volunteers have attended with more than 500 receiving formal recognition. Thursday’s ceremonies were held at the Convention Centre.

The theme of this year’s gathering was “Honouring Legends, Recognizing Leaders.” The legends were represented by a handful of CFL greats as the league approaches its 100th anniversary.

Hamilton Croatia President Mark Vuksan was honoured for his contribution to the Hamilton sporting community through his work as the Club president during this past decade of tremendous growth. He was named one of “Hamilton’s Heroes”.

“I’m just happy that the room of over 1000 people heard who we are and what we do. I might have been the face last night, but this is for everyone who continues to work towards building our community. One person can’t do it alone and as we keep proving time and time again building a community together benefits us all, young and old,” said Vuksan via the Hamilton Croatia Forum after receiving the award.

“This is an award for all those who put in hours upon hours of volunteer time year after year for our great organization. You can’t just close your eyes and hope to have a great organization, you have to role up your sleeves and get involved and make it a great organization, and thanks to all of you who do, and we welcome everyone who wants to join in at any time.”