October 28, 2021
At this year’s Annual Community Meetings, 72 recipients were presented an Excellence in Action award. This award is presented in celebration of people who made an excellent contribution to further the Vision of Christian Horizons. These recipients were selected from 143 nominations received across the organization from employees, community partners, family members, and people who use Christian Horizons Services.
We are honoured to recognize our 2020-2021 Excellence in Action award recipients:
Excellence in Action Award Artist
Each Excellence In Action award recipient received a beautifully framed picture created by a person who uses Christian Horizons services. This year’s artist is Lisa Edmonds. Below is a picture of her artwork and a bit of her story.
From a very young age, Lisa enjoyed creative activities, particularly painting and crafting, with the help and assistance of others. Over time, Lisa’s abilities and confidence to execute some aspects of the activities on her own, such as broad-brush strokes and dabbing techniques in a painting, have grown. She has also mastered detailed fine work hand-over-hand and how to communicate her choices of colors, shapes, and placement of objects to create her final creations.
More recently, Lisa has expanded her creative endeavors to include new materials (textiles) and methods (sewing) to make face masks, mobile phone holders, bookmarks, and shirt protectors. Lisa has had many special people and groups, such as Christian Horizons, who have helped her on this creative journey. Today she enjoys a special relationship with Janice, a Direct Support professional who has taken her ability and confidence to express and demonstrate her creativity to a new level. Lisa is very grateful for this special relationship.