(Submitted photo/Meagan Dickson).

By Aaron Schulze

Hudson Bay Citizen of the Year

Rotary Club of Hudson Bay names Meagan Dickson as Citizen of the Year

Nov 8, 2019 | 12:00 PM

Since she was 10 years old, Meagan Dickson grew up in the Town of Hudson Bay, left for school, returned, and raised her family.

Dickson is on numerous boards for organizations and events within Hudson Bay. She even won a by-election on Oct. 23 for a seat on Hudson Bay’s council.

All the community-related initiatives influenced the Rotary Club of Hudson Bay to call Dickson and let her know she was their 2019 Citizen of the Year.

“I was speechless,” Dickson told northeastNOW. “I didn’t think something like that would ever happen, but I was very honoured to receive that phone call.”

The Rotary Club’s Citizen of the Year award is given to a Rotarian or a community member who made an outstanding contribution to the community.

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Dickson serves as president of the Hudson Bay Minor Sports Concession, helps organize the town’s annual soap box derby, sits on the Hudson Bay Pool Project Committee, while helping with local sports and art clubs.

“If you don’t step up and help, then [a lot of these boards and organizations] are going to disappear and we won’t have them ever again,” she said. “It’s basically for the love of the community and wanting to help out. If there’s a hockey tournament, I’ll be there first thing in the morning and the last one there at night. I don’t even think, I just say ‘yeah, I’ll do it.’ It’s the right thing to do.

“I see people sit back and not do anything, then complain about it. You can’t complain if you don’t help.”

Dickson feels Hudson Bay is a safe community and wants to raise her kids in that environment. Despite the recent Citizen of the Year accolade, she hopes life will continue to stay the same.

Some residents in Hudson Bay have already cracked some jokes towards Dickson’s way.

“People [at my work] say ‘should we bow to you’ or ‘do you need a red carpet,’” she laughed. “I feel they’re making a bigger deal of it than it is. I’m just a humble person and do it because it’s the right thing to do, not because I’m going to win an award. I would never in a million years feel that I should be awarded for the volunteer work I do, it’s just something you should do.”

The Rotary Club of Hudson Bay is hosting a banquet for Dickson’s recognition on Saturday, Nov. 9 at Brooks Hall with a social beginning at 5:30 p.m.

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