2022 Annual Member Awards

These folks were nominated for the 2022 Awards. If you click on the picture, you can see a larger image.

PRESIDENT'S DIAMOND AWARD

Rob DeBoer

Rob DeBoer has been a member of BCHW since 2008. He has been an extremely willing and valuable participant at not only the Chapter level as Director for the Skagit Chapter for several years but also as the BCHW Vice President for two years. He has been elected to and serving as a member of the Inaugural BCHW Executive Committee. Rob is very active in trail work coordinating joint chapter work parties for Skagit, Whatcom and Traildusters chapters at the Harry Osbourne DNR forest in Skagit County. He has prepared meals for several BCHW events and fundraisers, helped with set up and tear down of Joe Watt Canyon Ride, and worked at past Rendezvous in various capacities. Rob has been in key positions on several HotShot Crew events and Statewide work parties to include; crew lead, purchasing feed, recruiting a crew, and counselor. Rob has been instrumental in organizing and providing pack support to several of our trail partners across the MBSNF for PNTA, WTA, and BCHW crews over the years. He has played a key role in working with our land manager partners by participating several meetings with the Forest Service and DNR representatives. Rob’s willingness to volunteer and provide sound guidance and support to all of BCHW members is a shining example for all and he is well deserving of the President’s Diamond Award.

PRESIDENT'S DIAMOND AWARD

Ken Carmichael

Ken has been a BCHW member since about 1987. He developed and wrote the Membership Development Handbook that BCHW uses, and it is also on the BCHA website. He is so dedicated to this topic that when the handbook was finished, he traveled the state to talk about it at the chapters.

Out on the trail, he is always sharing BCHW and the importance of what we do. In his free time, he reads, and I am not saying he reads good books. He reads RCW’s, WAC’s and the Non-Profit rules that we must govern by. If you have a question about anything having to do with our governing documents anyone can go to Ken. I am very thankful to have him in this organization and feel he is a deserving recipient of the President’s Diamond Award.

Trail Warrior Award