Member of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: June 29, 2005
• Invested on: February 17, 2006

Community service is the driving force behind Kathleen LeGrow's voluntarism. With determined and principled leadership, she actively participated in the reform of various public services in Newfoundland and Labrador. Deeply committed to education, she has served on numerous local, provincial and national boards, and was chair of the first nondenominational school board in St. John's. In addition to her responsibilities as president of a family-owned business, she served on the Premier's Council on Social Development, the Primary Health Care Advisory Council and co-founded a soup kitchen and outreach centre in her community.