• Awarded on: November 14, 2002

Neil E. McKeil, Lower Coverdale, New Brunswick
Governor General's Caring Canadian Award

On behalf of the Moncton Food Bank, Neil McKeil volunteers six days a week, several hours a day to oversee the distribution of food to 19 food banks and two food kitchens in New Brunswick. As president and director, he coordinates volunteers, speaks to charitable organizations and clubs about the need to help the less fortunate and works closely with local organizations to plan food drives. Mr. McKeil also helps to prepare and serve meals for underprivileged youth through his church. For decades, he has also worked to raise money for charities through the Shriners, the Masonic Order and the Fraternal Order of the United Commercial Travellers. On a daily basis, Mr. McKeil goes to extraordinary lengths to combat hunger in his community.