For more than 35 years, Lillian Smith has been volunteering for various worthy community initiatives in Canada and in developing countries by helping to raise funds for health care, palliative care, education, single mothers and children in need. She has worked closely with the Kiwanianne Club of Ottawa, Club Mont Sainte-Marie, the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, the May Court Club of Ottawa, the Hospice at May Court and the Canadian Nurses Foundation.