Last year's long and difficult fire season saw Prince George receive and host more than 10,000 evacuees from the Cariboo region. As a lifetime volunteer, he has a deep appreciation for community members who give back, and he frequently endeavors to recognize their efforts. In 2017, he was named a Citizen of the Year by the Prince George Community Foundation in recognition of how he goes above and beyond in volunteerism and philanthropy. Any young man enrolled in this new program will benefit from his deep compassion, kindness and wisdom.

A new branch of the Boys Club Network is being proposed by the Aboriginal Education Department in our school district, and already Alpay is engaged and involved. He is known for his compassion and enormous heart, and one does not need to know him for long, before one realizes that Alpay is a man on a mission to make his world a better place.Īs a person, Alpay models good citizenship and humanity to everyone he meets, giving generously of his time to multiple volunteer boards and organizations in the city and beyond spending time with elders in care at Simon Fraser Lodge and supporting and mentoring youth within his company and the community.

Today it is difficult to find a good cause in our city that he has not contributed to or quietly supported, and the line of people who have been touched by his philanthropy, generosity of spirit or personal kindness is lengthy. Selen Alpay moved to Prince George just over a decade ago.

Crossing the Line by Jeanne St. James