 All of you find ways to smooth that road or open a door and it is in some way to improve the lives of others. And for this we say thank you. Thank you for your service that you provide and for the lives that you improve daily with the work that you do. Oh, it's an honor just to be a part of this crowd. It makes me look around and go, why me? I mean there's a 91-year-old woman that's amazing that she's given so much of her life to volunteering and I think it's the same thing they just have a compassion for everybody around them that they can see that their hearts are needed elsewhere other than their own small little lives and they can give back and help out so many people in the province. I think it's the most exciting thing that's happened for some time for me. And the last time I was on this stage I did a command performance with the Victoria Opera and Society a few years ago and I've never stopped enjoying those kind of things. When people ask me about British Columbia and what are the attributes and what is the most important of British Columbia my first response is always the same. It is the people. You hear what some of the other recipients are doing and it's incredible to know that there are so many people out there making a difference and that you're considered one of those people that are making such a huge contribution. So they say there's no such thing as a selfless good deed and I really believe that because I love volunteering. It's what I do all the time. It's how I spend my time. I get my friends on board. Everyone just knows me as volunteering. It is now that we share the gift of ourselves. It is that piece of us that we each have carved off in the world whether through nurture or nature. It is our gift to share. Today the British Columbia Cheven Foundation has honored us for our efforts and our energy from all across British Columbia. From Salt Spring and Quick, Lady Smith and Penticton, Gibson's and Fruitvale. We are volunteers who are preserving the past or inventing new things. Men and women who care deeply for the arts, for sport and community. People who work with those who cannot help themselves due to illness or addiction. British Columbians old and young who lead, who dedicate and whose efforts leave the province better than when.