Bud and Friends Selected as Volunteer Group of the Year 2015

Joel (with Duffy) Caroline, Elsie, Bud, Carol, Sara, Bill

Bud and Friends have been selected as Volunteer Group of the Year for 2015 by The Canadian Mental Health Association of the Kootenays.

The announcement was made at a gala held May 29 at the Casino of the Rockies.

Bud and Friends, on a weekly basis, for the past 20 years, have been singing at nursing homes and assisted living units in Cranbrook and Kimberley.

In addition, they hold a very popular Senior Sing Along at Branch 24 of the Royal Canadian Legion in Cranbrook.

Carol, Joel, Caroline

The group provides an hour of lively singing and engaging their audiences to "sing-a-long" with them from their book of 165 familiar songs.

Bud

The group consists of Bud Abbott, Elsie Barnett, Caroline Gottinger, Sara Kershaw, Bill Nightingale and Joel Vinge and their singing is enthusiastically supported by Carol McGrath on the piano.

Sara, Elsie, Bill

Congratulations to Bud and Friends on being honoured as volunteer group of the year. Much deserved.