Our donors

Thank you to our donors!

The Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation is pleased to acknowledge the generous donations made in 2020 by donors who contributed $1,000 or more to the following areas of interest.

Legacy gifts
Recreation program

The following legacy gifts were received either through a planned gift, such as a bequest, or through an endowment to support recreation programs.

Access Services
- Herbert Wong Recreation Endowment
Douglas Park Community Centre
- Pearson Family Recreation Endowment
Kayaking Access
- Estate of Mario Kohler
Renfrew Park Community Centre
- Estate of Gerald M. Howard
Youth Golf Access
- Gene Mar Endowment
Park conservation

The following legacy gifts were received either through a planned gift, such as a bequest, or through an endowment to support park conservation.

Alexandra Park
- Barbara Rogers Endowment
Charleson Park
- Rev. Valerie Day-Bostrom Conservation Endowment
Coal Harbour Park
- Galina Tsvasman Conservation Endowment
- Lee Family Conservation Endowment
Coopers Park
- Jan Marie Boyd Endowment
David Lam Park
- Andrew and Louisa Raphael Conservation Endowment
- Rani Chan Conservation Endowment
Devonian Harbour Park
- Byrne Family Endowment
English Bay Beach
- Anonymous (1)
- Hassan Samaeian Legacy Endowment
- Marlene Karas Cossever Conservation Endowment
- Max Milaney Conservation Endowment
- Pospischil Family Conservation Endowment
- Stanchev Family Conservation Endowment
Fraser River Park
- Boyd Family Conservation Endowment
- Diane Morrow Conservation Endowment
Hadden Park
- Cathryn Elizabeth Falle Endowment
- Lai Chun Ng Family Conservation Endowment
- Patrick & Louise Foran Conservation Endowment
- Schoch Family Conservation Endowment
Harbour Green Park
- Gordon and Marlene Gervin Conservation Endowment
- Kamarei Family Park Conservation Endowment
- The Tuey Family Conservation Endowment
Hastings Mill Park
- Spence Family Conservation Endowment
Jericho Beach Park
- Lee Family Conservation Endowment
- McQueen Family Endowment
- Russell Family Endowment
John Hendry Park
- Rebecca Robbins Park Conservation Endowment
Kitsilano Beach Park
- Dornan Family Conservation Endowment
- Hung-Sheng Jimmy and Hsiu-Pi Nadia Chen Conservation Endowment
- Stan and Norine Johnson Endowment
- Naylor Family Conservation Endowment
Langara Peripheral Park
- Dr. Manoo and Jean Gurjar Conservation Endowment
Locarno Beach Park
- Dolejsi Family Endowment
- The Gagel Family Conservation Endowment
Morton Park
- Loo Family Park Conservation Endowment
Point Grey Park Site at Trafalgar Street
- Shirley and William Read Conservation Endowment
Prince Edward Park
- Tootill Family Conservation Endowment
Queen Elizabeth Park
- Anonymous (1)
- Carewick Family Conservation Endowment
- Dr. Alphonsus Z. Hui Family Conservation Endowment
- Ho Family Conservation Endowment
- Leung Kiu Chun Park Conservation Endowment
- Margery and Grant McDonald Conservation Endowment
- Maté Family Park Conservation Endowment
- Wong Family Endowment
- Zorko and Esther Mavrovich Conservation Endowment
Quilchena Park
- Haberl Family Park Conservation Endowment
Spanish Banks Beach Park
- Anonymous (1)
- Dr. Robert Wilson and Marilyn Connock Endowment
- Pat Placzek Conservation Endowment
- Sourisseau Family Conservation Endowment
Stanley Park
- Andrew and Crystal Johns Conservation Endowment
- Arlenn and Eddie Endowment
- Art and Jean Soper Family Conservation Endowment
- Aynsley Phelps Conservation Endowment
- Barb Brown Heron Habitat Conservation Endowment
- Beedie Conservation Endowment
- CF Moore Estate
- Cumming Foundation
- Dorothy and Paul Ryan
- Norman and Muriel Down Conservation Endowment
- Dr. J.W. Martin Kim Inc. Conservation Endowment
- Friends of the Merilees Trail Endowment
- Howie Family Conservation Endowment
- James E. Cooke Conservation Endowment
- John Brown Family Conservation Endowment
- Lai Wong Yee Mui Family Conservation Endowment
- Lau Family Conservation Endowment
- MacPherson Family Conservation Endowment
- Mercer/Snook Family Park Conservation Endowment
- Michael and Patricia Fong Conservation Endowment
- Mower Family Conservation Endowment
- Rosa Selent Conservation Endowment
- Sharon Margaret and Robert Roy Tustin Family Conservation Endowment
- Spooner Family Conservation Endowment
Sunset Beach Park
- Tod Thomas Podollan Park Conservation Endowment
Recreation projects
The following parks and recreation facilities were enhanced through donations that support playground renewals, facility upgrades and new recreation equipment.

Calisthenic Play Zone - equipment upgrade
- Mark Lysyshyn
Connaught Park - playground renewal
- Kitsilano War Memorial Community Centre Association
Elm Park - lawn bowling facility improvements
- Kerrisdale Lawn Bowling Club
- James Dangerfield
Granville Park - lawn bowling facility improvements
- Granville Park Lawn Bowling Club
- Lawrence F. C. Wong
John Hendry Park - playground renewal
- Trout Lake Vancouver Community Centre Association
Memorial West Park - lawn bowling facility improvements
- Dunbar Lawn Bowling Club
- Wendy Hawthorne
- Marian Reid
Riley Park - lawn bowling facility improvements
- Pacific Indoor Bowls Club
Skateboard Parks - improvements
- Dylan J. Robinson
Stanley Park - Harry Jerome Memorial Statue
- Vancouver Foundation
Stanley Park - lawn bowling facility improvements
- Stanley Park Lawn Bowling Club
- Lynn Coughlan
Trimble Park lawn bowling facility improvements
- West Point Grey Lawn Bowling Club
Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation
- Vancouver Foundation
Park conservation tributes
The following tributes received donations to support park conservation.
- Dennis E. Barry
- Henri D. Fawcett
- Sallie McFague
- Ryan Pezim
- Bonnie Yan
Dedications
The following parks received donations to support the renewal of amenities through the Dedicated Park Bench Program.

Charleson Park
- Garry Zlotnik
- Martin Zlotnik
Coopers Park
- Alec Eger
David Lam Park
- Nina Nesic
Devonshire Park
- Heather Robertson
- Ian Robertson
- Jean Robertson
- Judy Robertson
Elm Park
- Tom Lamb (in memory of)
English Bay Beach Park
- Anonymous (1)
- Barry Brookes
- Diane Brown
- Quinton Chan
- Katherine Chan Sison
- Chris Feilden (in memory of)
- Danielle Peacock
- Alfred Shum
Fraserview Golf Course
- Sharon Jeroski
Harbour Green Park
- Colin Bell
- Nicholas Fleming
- Henry Ku
- Peter O'Sullivan
- Westcomm Pump & Equipment Ltd
Hastings Mill Park
- The Estate of Chava E. Rotem
Jericho Beach Park
- Justin Devlin
- Charlie Harris (in memory of)
- Miranda Ryan
- Timothy Westlake
John Hendry Park
- Sharon McLennan
Kitsilano Beach Park
- Shirley Rempel
Locarno Beach Park
- Donald Couch
- Malcolm McDonald
Maple Grove Park
- Kathryn Holyk
Margaret Pigott Park
- Margaret Davies
Nelson Park
- Norman Cameron
New Brighton Park
- Barry and Pam Morris
Point Grey Park Site at Trutch Street
- Ian Waddell
Prince Edward Park
- Mathew Gardner
Queen Elizabeth Park
- Anonymous (1)
- Shirin Abadi
- Patricia Babcock
- Tzu Kang Chu
- Peggy Gock
- Samuel Grant
- Brian Haigh
- Frank Haigh
- Barry Lam
- Benny and Liza Lam
- Mayda Lam
- Mimi Lam
- Kwong Fai C. Lo
- Sam and Corrie McWhirter (in memory of)
- Raymond Mok
- Sharon Rusko
- Carolyn Taylor
Renfrew Park
- Fraser Stratacare Ltd.
Riverview Park
- Ann Liang
Spanish Bank Beach Park
- Marita Bruun
- Eliza Chan
- Martin Kulich
- Peter Kulich
- Sarah Maerov
- Caroline M. Rogers
Stanley Park
- Anonymous (x2)
- Christina Allan
- Craig Allchurch
- Derek Allchurch
- Lydia Aquino
- Wayne and Liz Barker
- John Barnes
- Shirley Baxter
- CBC China Business Corp.
- Diaspora of Georgia in BC
- Embassy of Georgia to Canada
- Family HealthCare Associates
- Charles Flavelle
- Great Radiance Holdings Ltd
- Magda, Justin, and Vanessa Hanna
- Lori and Robert Hodgkinson
- Charles and Jessica Luchangco
- Deborah Makila
- Betty and Garth Mooney
- Tadahiro Okazawa
- Position By Design
- Sarah Seabolt
- Mumsy Ullattikulam
Sunset Beach Park
- Florian Flaman
- Alexander Komarov
VanDusen Botanical Garden
- Harold Keevil
- June Keevil
- Norman Keevil
- Rosemary Keevil
- Joseph Lin (in memory of)
- Susan St John
Vanier Park
- Cheryl Eliopoulos
- The Estate of Mario Kohler
- Cindy Vanderheyden
- Cheryl Yue
Volunteer Park
- Bonnie Perry

Our donors

Legacy gifts

Recreation projects

Park conservation tributes

Dedications

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