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By paNOW Staff

Outstanding citizens

City of Prince Albert creates lifeguard scholarship and names first recipient

Aug 1, 2023 | 5:00 PM

A young woman who has gone to great lengths to promote water safety in Prince Albert has been named the first recipient of the City of Prince Albert’s newly created Lifeguard Scholarship.

Taylor Berge has been a lifeguard since 2018 and has worked in various positions at the Kinsmen Water Park and the Frank J. Dunn Pool.

The scholarship, valued at $2,000, was created to highlight and recognize the achievements of lifeguards both inside and outside the workplace.

Berge has been accepted to attend Northwestern Health Sciences University in Minnesota to become a chiropractor. Local youth in the city may recognize her from school, where she worked as a Swim to Survive instructor at Carlton Comprehensive Public High School or while volunteering in classrooms teaching water safety.

“My skill set and gratitude to the aquatics program with the City of Prince Albert will always be something I cherish and have shaped me into the educated young woman I am today as I prepare to enter the healthcare workforce,” she said in a statement.

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Lauren Haubrich, the City’s Recreation Coordinator for Aquatics said Berge is a great candidate to kick off the lifeguard scholarship.

“She has shown amazing dedication to the lifeguard team and has been a champion of water safety both in and outside the workplace. Not only that but she’s managed to do all this while attaining great high school and university grades,” Haubrich explained. “The other applicants were also impressive – it shows how strong the City of Prince Albert lifeguard team is.”

A special ceremony will be held at the Kinsmen Water Park at a later date.

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