Whitby Community Champions

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Who are Whitby Community Champions?

We love to hear about and witness acts of kindness and support for the Whitby community. Local businesses, community organizations and residents continue to step up to support neighbours, friends and strangers. Whether picking up groceries for a neighbour or organizing community food drives, there are many great examples of how our community has come together and continued to make Whitby a great place to live.

Share Your Community Champions Story

Take a moment to recognize the people who make Whitby a great place to live by sharing your story below. No act is too small to recognize – let's spread the Whitby community spirit far and wide. The stories your share here may be featured on our social media channels, be sure to follow us on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn and watch out for the hashtag #WhitbyProud.


Who are Whitby Community Champions?

We love to hear about and witness acts of kindness and support for the Whitby community. Local businesses, community organizations and residents continue to step up to support neighbours, friends and strangers. Whether picking up groceries for a neighbour or organizing community food drives, there are many great examples of how our community has come together and continued to make Whitby a great place to live.

Share Your Community Champions Story

Take a moment to recognize the people who make Whitby a great place to live by sharing your story below. No act is too small to recognize – let's spread the Whitby community spirit far and wide. The stories your share here may be featured on our social media channels, be sure to follow us on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn and watch out for the hashtag #WhitbyProud.


1. Tell us about your Whitby Community Champion

Has someone in Whitby gone above and beyond to do something kind for our community? Tell us about them!

NOTE: In order to protect the privacy of your Champion, don't include any personal information (name and address) in your story. 

Thank you for sharing your story with us.

If you would like your Community Champion to receive a letter of appreciation from the Mayor of Whitby, please take a few moments to fill out this form.

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    Labour Disruption 2023; A Champion

    by Butterflyna2023, 6 months ago
    I would like to nominate a dear man who has excelled in being a community champion for Whitby. During the labor disruption and all the garbages were removed from the parks, most pet owners, when walking their dogs had nowhere to leave droppings. Most people were leaving their bags of droppings on the ground where the garbage cans used to be. We are in an apartment complex that has a park across the street. I noticed on one particular day this man was walking back from the park with a shovel in his hand. Low and behold this man had... Continue reading
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    It takes a village

    by Natalie, about 2 years ago

    Despite the amount of extra effort a snowstorm brings, it warms my heart to see neighbours coming together. I’d like to nominate my neighbor Greg as someone in the community that goes above and beyond. He is one of those kind souls that always has helping others on his mind. Each day he selflessly lends a hand to neighbours on each side of his house as well as to us across the street. Whether it’s help shovelling, brushing snow off our cars in the morning or bringing our empty blue boxes up to our house, Greg is a neighbor that... Continue reading

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    The Mr. Plow of James Govan

    by Refrigeration_Rob, about 2 years ago
    My neighbour Bryon Clark has been removing snow for myself and everyone within a 8 home radius. He has been using his snowthrower to remove snow on his neighbour’s driveway and the sidewalks. He’s been doing this for a couple years now. If he’s at work, he allows me use of his machine and I follow his direction and do our neighbours homes on his behalf. He resides at 43.
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    Snow Angel of Schilling Court

    by Rosie & Jamie, about 2 years ago
    Joel is a neighbour & has cleared snow on the court over the years. Yesterday's snow fall was a whopper (January 17th, 2022). One of the snow contractors really botched up our street. The contractor pushed all the snow from the entry of our court into the circle & this resulted in 10 driveways being completely blocked & their cars could not exit their driveways nor could any emergency vehicles attend if the need arose. After working a 24 hour shift, Joel came home & worked to clear driveways & pathways for 6 straight hours using both a shovel &amp... Continue reading
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    Most wonderful neighbour

    by Rosemarie, about 2 years ago
    We live in Whitby and we wish to nominate our neighbour Sam, two doors down - he is an absolute Snow Angel! As soon as the snow has fallen, our Angel comes over to shovel our driveway, together with our front steps and verandah. The latter to avoid a newspaper graveyard. He is such a gentle soul, always helping us out whenever needed. He is actually an all-year-round Angel.

    We reside at 117 James Govan Drive, in Whitby and our Snow Angel lives at 113 James Govan Drive. Our Snow Angel's name is Sam Manna

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    Never ending Snow Clearing

    by Sarah, about 2 years ago
    The day of, and a few days later I see very little of my partner as he is outside clearing snow for neighbours. After he completes our property, I see him move to our neighbour to the south, then I reheat his coffee and he moves on to a little further south, then I provide him with a kleenex to wipe his nose and he moves on to the another neighbour across the street, then I provide him with dry clothes and out he goes again, and so on and so on. Yesterday, during the snowstorm, he was outside with... Continue reading
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    Martha, Stewart, Allen, (Kennett Dr)

    by Sujeet B, about 2 years ago

    I would like the share my deepest gratitude towards my neighbors Martha, Stewart and Allen who came to the rescue today. Our car battery died yesterday and we couldn't move the car last night. The car was buried in snow and the driveway was also full of snow since we are living away from the house due to renos. When I went to the house, I couldn't find the batteries to the snow blower in the garage or enter the house as the door was blocked by snow. Stewart was kind enough to lend his snow blower with gas. While... Continue reading

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    Rick ( Stafford Crescent )

    by Santiago Florian , about 2 years ago
    Mr Rick our side nabor wake early 7 am and till end evening help us and absolutely anyone around with his red snow machine , he is an angel more then a hero! Thank you Rick

    Santi, Flo , Carolina and Liam


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    Community Super Hero

    by Vishnu Radhakrishnan, over 2 years ago
    @Rick Johnson and his wife are really caring people. They take it up on themselves to make sure the neighborhood is a safe and clean space. The other day the Duo cleaned up the side walks of the elderly people in the street ensuring the ice rain doesn't turn the sidewalks into skating rinks. He is usually the first person to help anyone in the street and he is truly inspiring Gentleman.
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    Snow Clearing Champion

    by Harrizeb, over 2 years ago
    We live close to a bus stop which is used by neighbours in our sub division to get to Whitby Go daily. For many years our neighbour has cleared the snow along sidewalks on both sides of the road and down to the bus stop as well as for an elderly neighbour.
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