• Awarded on: December 9, 1999

Monique Hodgson Robitaille, Saint-Damien, Que.
Governor General's Caring Canadian Award

Monique Hodgson Robitaille has long served her community. She has been a volunteer with the Saint-Damien parish for fifteen years, organizing masses and training servers. For six years, she was vice-president of Damien Secours, a group helping families in need. She is the longest-serving municipal library volunteer and has been president of the Dépanneur familial, a clothing store for people in need, for twenty-five years.