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Moncton's new Marriott Hotel on Main Street was among the winners this week as Enbridge Gas New Brunswick handed out its annual Green Awards in Saint John.

The Green Awards recognize Enbrige customers for the positive impact they have had on the environment by reducing greenhouse gas emissions from their business and households.

The 2008 Green Awards were presented to: Thierry LeBouthillier (Residential Retrofit); Bird Holdings (Small General Service Commercial); Saint John Port Authority (General Service); Marriott Hotel in Moncton (Contract General Service); Colpitts Developments (Residential New Home Construction); Hoadley Engineering Inc. (Innovation award); Crombie REIT (Leadership) and Keleigh Annau, Founder of Lights Out Canada (Student Award).

Enbridge Gas New Brunswick has nearly 10,000 customers and services nine municipalities in southern New Brunswick, including Dieppe, Fredericton, Moncton, Oromocto, Riverview, Sackville, Saint John, St. George and St. Stephen.

GMCC seeks Excellence Awards nominations

The Greater Moncton Chamber of Commerce is now seeking nominations for the annual Excellence Awards, which will be handed out during a ceremony on Oct. 28. The awards encourage entrepreneurship in the Moncton region.

Nominations are now being accepted for the categories of Excellence in Business, Emerging Business, Innovation, Marketing, Community Service (sponsored by the Times & Transcript), Service Excellence and Young Entrepreneur. Nominations will be accepted until June 19, by e-mail at services@gmcc.nb.ca, or by fax at 857-9209.

Fundraising seminar June 24

Non-profit groups looking for insight on how to carry out a successful fundraising campaign are invited to attend a seminar June 24 presented by Mike Paquet of People First Resource Development.

The seminar "Launching Your Fundraising Campaign" will be held June 24 from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Moncton Lions Community Centre, 473 St. George Street, Moncton. Cost is $100. Paquet has helped many community and non-profit groups in Southern Ontario implement long-term fundraising and resource development programs. He will speak about building a case for your cause, how to identify donors, the fundamentals of asking donors for money and the importance of treating donors as stakeholders in your cause.

For information or to register, call (905) 318-6130 or e-mail Mike Paquet at peoplefirstrd@cogeco.ca.

RBC Riverview holds food drive

RBC Riverview welcomes non-perishable food donations for the Albert County food bank until June 12. On average, the Albert County Food bank supports 145 households a month in our local area. Any donation is greatly appreciated. Together, we can help fight hunger, provide hope and create a better Canada.

For more information, please drop in to RBC in Riverview.

Winegarden Estate brings new taste to Cheers

The Winegarden Estate of Baie Verte has entered into a pilot project with Cheers Beverage Room in Moncton to provide taste tests of its new Blueberry Spritzer on tap during the month of June.

The new drink is a carbonated Blueberry Wine with seven per cent alc./vol., described as "crisp, fresh and surely to satisfy your taste."

Cheers is located on Brandon Street, off Mountain Road behind Rinzler's Meat Market.

Winegarden is a locally owned and operated Cottage Winery & Distillery located in Baie Verte (near Port Elgin), which features more than 70 products produced and sold on site from locally grown fruit and grapes.

UdeM prof wins award

Gérard Poitras, professor of civil engineering, is the recipient of the 2008-09 Université de Moncton Excellence in Teaching Award. The presentation was made during the convocation ceremonies held recently at the Moncton campus.

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