Yesterday afternoon, SooToday celebrated the winners of the fifth annual Community Builders Awards, presented by Heritage Home Hardware.
This awards program is designed to recognize outstanding individuals and groups who help make Sault Ste. Marie a better place, now and for the future.
Congratulations to our 2025 winners:
- Arts — Go North Music Festival
- Economic Development — The Affordable Home Ownership Program
- Education — Steve Burmaster
- Environment — The Sault Climate Hub
- Hall of Fame — ARCH Hospice
- Health Care — Abigail M. Obenchain
- Legacy — Mike Cachagee
- Sports and Recreation — Danielle Oak-Brown
- Unsung Hero — SOYA (Save Our Young Adults)
- Young Leader — Liza Stortini
SooToday will be running feature articles on each of the winners over the next two weeks to highlight their incredible accomplishments within our community.
We would like to express gratitude to everyone who took the time to fill out a nomination package. Without your support, we would not be able to honour these deserving winners.
We would also like to thank the recipients of these awards for their tremendous contributions to our community. Your vision, creativity, spirit and hard work has made a positive and lasting impact on our city.
Lastly, thank you to the generous sponsors who helped make this year's awards program possible:
- Algoma Office Equipment
- LBMX
- Tenaris
- Cintas
- Daniel J. Fremlin Building Group
- Final Touch Property Maintenance Services
- Lajambe Financial
- United Steelworkers Local 2251
- Algoma University
- Northern Credit Union
More details about the Community Builders Awards can be found here.
SooToday is proud to make a difference in our community by highlighting extraordinary individuals and organizations with our Community Builders Awards, a foundational piece of our SooToday Cares program.
Our mission is to create meaningful change in Sault Ste. Marie — and inspire others to do the same.