• Awarded on: November 14, 1997

Kathi MacDonald Watts, St. Catharines, Ontario
Governor General's Caring Canadian Award

Kathi Watts has served since adolescence as a volunteer in a myriad of community organizations and causes. She has canvassed for various charities, served as a volunteer probation officer, counselled kidney transplant patients and amputees, and designed and run a program for teenagers with substance abuse problems. Responding to her own life's challenges has not prevented her from helping other people in need of assistance. She is currently working to establish a provincial association for people with disabilities.