Lisa first became involved in the Society's anti-litter program approximately 14 years ago, as an elementary school teacher through conducting Litter Audits & painting garbage barrels for the city with her class. Lisa has been involved in various programs including the Jr. Anti-Litter Bug Club, assisting at group cleanups, and working with her class to adopt Griner Park. She enjoys the enthusiasm she sees in her students when they are cleaning up our environment. They are performing such great citizenship work and having a fun time, too. Lisa looks forward to being a part of our future expansion into the school programs and the new youth program. She also looks forward to helping the Society expand its community litter abatement education programs & community clean up events.

Terry has lived in Mission since 2009. He and his wife moved to Mission after living in the BC Peace River area for over 40 years. Terry has always been an active volunteer. He joined MESS to help keep Mission beautiful and to protect the environment. His dream is that there is no longer a need for MESS; all citizens recycle responsibly and there is no litter on the streets.

Penny is a long time Mission resident , mother of two young children and small business owner with strong roots within the community. She is passionate about caring for our local forested areas and engaging with children to foster a deeper connection with nature. Penny and her family are committed volunteers who enjoy cleaning up our local greenspaces, planting native shrubs and trees and teaching others how to be good land stewards. She is looking forward to being an active board member of M.E.S.S and hopes to be able to contribute in a hands-on and meaningful way. As our community of Mission continues to expand, she hopes to see the citizens come together to care for the land, parks and waterways that make Mission so beautiful. She wishes to make a positive impact and help at maintaining a clean city for all of us to enjoy.

Cristina is a geography student at UFV with a passion for sustainable transportation! Sustainability in general is something she increasingly finds herself caring about, especially paired with equity issues. She is working to be environmentally conscious in her own life, in ways that may seem small because she believes the ‘small’ and more local level is the best place to start. We all need a foundation that we can build upon – this is how lasting change can be made. That’s why she joined M.E.S.S., to support fellow Mission residents as we work together to create change in our community. 

Steve has called Mission home since 2020 and works as a firefighter in Langley.

He first became involved with MESS at an event hosted at Devil’s Lake, and his family was hooked and wanted to get more involved.

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In his spare time he enjoys spending time with his family where they go hiking, camping, and volunteer together.