Awarded on: 2004-11-24
Geneviève Bolduc, Ottawa, Ontario
Governor General's Caring Canadian Award
Since her early teens, Geneviève Bolduc has channelled her energy and creativity into supporting youth from military families. At the age of 14, she was instrumental in establishing a Youth Centre and Council at the Comox Military Family Resource Centre. As head of the Youth Council, she helped organize drug awareness campaigns and planned numerous community events, constantly researching new and exciting ways to get youth involved in their community. Familiar with the difficulties encountered by military youth, Miss Bolduc continues to represent the Canadian Forces youth and to promote programs across the country to make them feel they belong to a community.