| Searoom Skipper voted Volunteer of the Year |
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the Canadian Safe Boating Awards Gala Dinner (CASBA) held in Toronto on January
11, 2009, Tony Cook, owner of Searoom, was awarded the prestigious "Top
Volunteer Dedicated to Safe Boating" Award for 2008.He has served in various capacities with the Canadian Power & Sail Squadrons, at the national, district and local squadron levels. He is currently Commander of the Toronto Squadron and a member of the Southern Tier Power Squadron of the United States Power Squadrons.  In 2004, he received the CPS Chief Commander’s Commendation
for his work as founding chair of the national MultiMedia Committee. He acts as
an instructor in various boating courses. [Photo: CASBA award presented by Barbara Byers] Tony has been sailing since 1957. In latter years, he sailed out of Queen City Yacht Club, where he also served as a Director. He was a charter member of Sail Parry Sound and obtained a CYA Race Management rating in order to serve on the race committee for the Shark World Championship held in Parry Sound in 1999. He is a former director of the World Cruising Club and a member of the Toronto Shellbacks. Tony has been active in the boating community in Canada for many years and has worked with numerous organizations handling their web site development and communications, on both a volunteer and commercial basis. He rebuilt the Canadian Safe Boating Council web sites, starting in 2002 and managed them until 2008. He was volunteer webmaster for the 2002 Around Alone Challenge by Spirit of Canada. Volunteering with regard to safe boating runs in the family … his wife, Annie, a Past Squadron and District Commander, is currently the CPS Governing Board’s National Recording Secretary. She has also taught various boating courses for the Toronto Squadron, with special emphasis on younger boaters. Tony’s volunteer work is not restricted to boating. He is a past president of the National Audio Visual Association of Canada (NAVAC), a past director of the Association for Multi-image, Canada, was a volunteer moderator on various industry on-line forums, is a past president of the Ontario Wood Carvers Association, and is a lawn bowling coach. |
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