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Feb. Loyalist graduate honored Georgina Thompson to receive college Premier's Award By Henry Bury' The Intelligencer A Loyalist College graduate will be honored by the community college system this month. Georgina Thompson will re- ceive a Premier's Award for out- standing achievement as a college graduate during the conference for the Association of Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology. The president of All-Care Health Services, Thurlow Town- ship councillor and Loyalist gov- ernor, graduated from the nursing program in 1978. The Premier's Awards were es- tablished in 1992 in honor of the college's 25th anniversary. Four awards are presented each year, to one graduate from across On- tario in the areas of applied arts, business, health sciences and technology. In nominating her for the pro- vincial award, Loyalist's nomina- tion committee described Thompson as "an outstanding ex- ample of the adult who lives life- long learning. "She came to Loyalist in Sep- tember of 1976 as an adult learner who successfully and with great enthusiasm juggled the rolefe of wife, mother, worker and student. During her three years at Loyalist, Georgina (Thompson) impressed everyone with her boundless energy, organizational skills and determination to suc- ceed." After graduating from Loyal- ist, Thompson worked as a regis- tered nurse at Belleville General Hospital until 1981 and then formed All-Care Health Services, a nursing and home support agency which op- erates in Belleville, Na- il panee and King- >l ston. Georgina Thompson the Regional Hospice of Quinte and continues to work part-time as a registered nurse at Trenton Memorial Hos- pital and consultant to Plainfield Children's Home. She joined Loyalist's board of governors in 1990 and now serves as vice-chairman. She's been on Thurlow Township council since 1988. As well, Thompson will chair the 1994 United Way campaign in the Quinte area.