Volvo Cars Volunteer of the Month announced

Volvo Cars Volunteer of the Month Sail Canada / Voile Canada http://www.sailing.ca/

Tom Saunders - West Hawk Lake Yacht Club © Sail Canada / Voile Canada http://www.sailing.ca/

Tom helped resurrect the sailing program at West Hawk Lake Yacht Club in 2006 when there had been no program for over 15 years. In the nine years since, the small club has gone from 12 kids participating every summer to over 50! Tom does everything for the programming at WHLYC - from fixing boats to running races.

He helps with instructing CANSail classes, and helps as mark set and safety officer for regattas. Tom works hard to locate good used sail boats from across the country and trailers them to West Hawk for use by its members and CANSail program participants! He does this while maintaining his principal residence in Ottawa and summering at West Hawk Lake, MB.

Volunteer positions held at WHLYC:

• Commodore
• Race Committee
• Mark Set
• Sailing School Instructor

West Hawk Lake Yacht Club is a Member club with Sail Manitoba and Sail Canada, and a registered CANSail Training Site.

WHLYC is renowned for delivering CANSail Dinghy and CANSail Windsurf programs, and organizing regattas such as annual Dinghy Classes and provincial championships. This year West Hawk Lake Yacht Club will host Manitoba's Provincial Optimist Dinghy Championships and in 2016 they will deliver the Optimist dinghy and Windsurf events of the Manitoba Games.

Nominate a volunteer at your club today!

Follow these simple steps to nominate for Volvo Cars Volunteer of the Month:

1) Confirm that your club or sailing school is member in good standing and/or registered for the year.

• Member Clubs are listed here.
• Member Sailing Schools are listed here.
• Registered CANSail Training Sites are listed here.

2) Click here for online nomination form and instructions for photo submissions to volvocarsvolunteer@sailing.ca.