Georgina Balsom, Heart's Content, Newfoundland
Governor General's Caring Canadian Award
No one in Heart's Content has been left untouched by Georgina Balsom's kindness over the years. Always available to help anyone in the community, she can be found delivering fruit baskets to hospital patients, assisting people with errands around town, providing a friendly place for senior citizens to get together, babysitting for parents, or helping teenagers find summer employment. She has also been an active member of her church for many years, and a volunteer for community activities such as the Heart's Content "Come Home Year" committee.