• Awarded on: April 20, 1999

Herman H.C. Ho, M.B., Vancouver, B.C.
Governor General's Caring Canadian Award

Herman Ho's service to the youth of his community started at a very early age. After serving with the Cubs and Rovers, he became a volunteer coordinator and canvasser with the Salvation Army. At the age of seventeen he founded the Traffic Auxiliary Corps to educate young people in road safety and soon became a member of the Vancouver Traffic Safety Committee. Since 1988, Mr. Ho has been Area Representative and Youth Leader with the Duke of Edinburgh's Awards, B.C. and Yukon Division. As Corps Superintendent of the Lower Mainland Cadet Corps of the Saint John Ambulance Brigade and as an advisor and instructor with Scouts Canada, he has demonstrated his continued devotion to the development of youth.