Donald Ross Durno, M.S.M., Scarborough, Ontario
Meritorious Service Medal (civil division)
In 1990, Donald Durno established the Rumball Fund in order to generate funding for the improvement and expansion of the Ontario Camp of the Deaf, located near Parry Sound, Ontario. Since the inception of the Fund, made up of business and professional people, over $3,000,000 has been raised and invested in the Camp, permitting the facility to remain open year-round to serve over 200 deaf and special-needs children and adults each week. By giving of his time, talent and resources, Mr. Durno has enabled the Camp to operate solely on money from fundraisers and to subsidize over half the children who attend it.