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E.C.E.

AWARD

Every once in a while a student comes
along who is very special to clas-
smates and instructors alike. That's
the way Carol Ebner, Co-ordinator of
the Early Childhood [Education
Program at Douglas College felt about
Christine Young, a student in the
E.C.E. program.

Christine was an enthusiastic student
who was dedicated to child care, but
she had a particular problem that often
made it hard for her to stay in the
program. She had a congenital heart
disease.

 

“She loved children and she wanted to
open her own centre, but it was a
struggle for her just going to school,”
says Jean Hammer, a Douglas College
staff member and Christine’s mother,
who helped to set-up the bursary in
her daughter's name.

The Christine Young Award is an en-
dowment fund that was started just
after Christine died in 1984 and is now
administered by the Douglas College
Foundation. Each year an award is
presented to an E.C.E. student who
shows a high academic standard, a
commitment to child care and is in
financial need.

This years recipient, Charlotta
Hynninen of Coquitlam, has the same
dedication that made Christine Young
memorable. Charlotta finishes the
basic training in the E.C.E. program in
June and has tentative plans to work at
a child care centre for the summer.

 

“Charlotta is a mature, full-time
student who has a small child to care
for. Her decision to return to school
was a difficult one to make. With this
money the struggle will be eased,”
says Ebner.

“There were tears in all our eyes when
she received the award. Her two prac-
ticum teachers came all the way from
their busy jobs at Burquitlam Childcare
Centre to give Charlotta a gift. That
shows you how well she is thought of.”

 

 

Charlotta Hynninen (centre) of Coquitlam, a Douglas College Early Childhood Education student and the most recent recipient
of the Christine Young Award, is flanked on the left by Carol Ebner, coordinator of ECE and Jean Hammer (right), Douglas
College staff member and mother of the late Christine Young.

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