Accolades

Platinum Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Medal

awarded to Executive Director Lerena Greig, 2022.

Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Medal

Awarded to Maralyn Benay by the Lieutenant Governor Donald Ethell in honor of her advocacy for youth and for co-founding Parents Empowering Parents (PEP) Society: 2013.

People’s Choice Award

2nd Place, Wreath/Centerpiece Category, Festival of Trees: 2012. 3rd Place Tree Category, Festival of Trees: 2008, 2010.

Community Life Pride of Strathcona Award

Maralyn Benay, Tina Dow, & Audrey Holliday (PEP Co-Founders): 2011

Restorative Justice Awards Annual Achievement

2010

Minister’s Award for Municipal Excellence

Partnership Award for the Strathcona County Community Drug & Alcohol Strategy: 2006.

Nomination for a True Imagination Award

The Lieutenant Governor’s Circle of Mental Health and Addiction: 2012, 2013.

Nomination for The Duncan & Craig Laurel Awards

Recognizing the Innovation & Creativity of Not-for-Profit Organizations: 2006, 2009, 2019.

PEP was instrumental in getting the PChAD (Protection of Children Abusing Drugs Act) legislation in place as a resource for parents in Alberta, July 2006.

Alberta's Promise

2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013

CPAC

Community Partners in Action Committee: 2011, 2012, 2013

Sherwood Park & District Chamber of Commerce

2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013

AAMIMH

Associate Member of the Alberta Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health: 2012, 2013