Brent Zorgdrager, CEO of Kitchener, Ont.-based Kindred Credit Union, and Madison Hopper, member services representative with Ottawa-based Alterna Savings and Credit Union Ltd., have both been honoured with the 2018 Gary Gillam Award.

The award, which sponsored jointly by Alterna Savings and Vancouver-based Central 1 Credit Union, is bestowed each year to two individuals who promote credit unions as socially responsible alternatives to banks. Both a credit union employee and credit union volunteer are eligible.

The award was established in 1996 to honour the memory of Gary Gillam, the director of legal, government affairs and administration at Credit Union Central of Ontario, now recognized as Central 1.