History

YEAR MILESTONE
2000 2010 Legacies Now is created as a part of the Vancouver Bid for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games
2003Vancouver-Whistler wins the bid to host the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games

Premier Campbell appoints Community Committee chairs in over 80 communities across the province
2004 The BC Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Secretariat transfers responsibility of the Community Committee chairs to 2010 Legacies Now

The committees are officially renamed and re-branded as Spirit of BC Community Committees

Spirit of BC Community Committees meet with 2010 Legacies Now to brainstorm new ideas
2005The first annual Spirit of BC Week is celebrated from February 12 – 19, 2005

Spirit of BC Sponsorship Guide and webcast is produced to assist Community Committees
2006 The second annual Spirit of BC Week is celebrated from February 3 – 10, 2006 with over 250 events taking place around the province

Regional Roundtables are hosted with Spirit of BC Community Committees in the following areas:
  • The Kootenays
  • Vancouver Island/Coast Region
  • Fraser Valley
  • Northern BC
  • Okanagan
  • Lower Mainland
2007 The third annual Spirit of BC Week will be celebrated from February 9 – 17, 2007

Spirit of BC launches a Spirit of BC Week blog to document events throughout the province

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