Meritorious Service Medal
Awarded on: 2021-05-03
Invested on: 2024-03-21
Tony Priftakis, M.S.M.
Gatineau, Quebec
Businessman and philanthropist Tony Priftakis encourages his employees to help improve health care in the Outaouais. Each week, nearly 100 members of his restaurant staff donate up to two dollars of their pay to support programs at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario. He also invites the other franchisees to do likewise in their respective regions, thus encouraging mutual aid and philanthropy in Quebec.