Awarded on: 2007-06-11
Sarah Morris, Montréal, Quebec
Governor General's Caring Canadian Award
Every day, Sarah Morris volunteers at a different location, offering her support to the most vulnerable members of her community. Since 1987, she has tended to children with special needs at the Montreal Children's Hospital, given much-needed assistance to seniors at the Cummings Jewish Centre for Seniors and visited patients at Mount Sinai Hospital. For over 16 years, she has offered guidance and comfort to cancer patients and their families through her participation in the Hope and Cope program. A remarkable woman, Mrs. Morris has also dedicated 15 years of service to the Montreal Association for the Blind as a Braille proofreader and transcriptionist.