• Awarded on: December 10, 1998

Donald John Crowe, Minden, Ont.
Opal Wilhelmina Crowe, Minden, Ont.
Governor General's Caring Canadian Award

For many years, Donald and Opal Crowe have quietly assisted organizations and individuals in need in the Minden area. Through their family business, Kawartha Dairy, they provided free refreshments for community events and, every summer for a number of years, held a barn dance and donated all profits to a community project. Whether donating funds to furnish a room at a senior citizens complex, supplying a truck to help residents evacuate from a senior citizens' home, holding a benefit dance for a person injured in an accident, or donating emergency freezer space, the Crowes continually demonstrate their concern for their community and their willingness to help out their neighbours in need.