• Awarded on: April 20, 1999

Samuel Edward McAdam, Tisdale, Sask.
Governor General's Caring Canadian Award

Sam McAdam has been committed to Scouts Canada and the young people it serves for more than twenty-five years. He was involved in almost every aspect of scouting, from the camps, to fundraising, to training leaders. He helped organize a winter weekend of outdoor events called the Arctic Daze and helped initiate a community service project involving paper recycling, which became an annual event. A local farmer, he has also offered his farm as a site for weekend camps, his pick-up truck for bottle drives, his grain truck for paper collection, and his tractor and wagon for hay rides. In addition, Mr. McAdam is a youth group counsellor in his church and a drummer for the Melfort Legion Pipe Band.