Danielle Elizabeth Lambert, London, Ontario
Governor General's Caring Canadian Award
As a grade seven student at Princess Elizabeth Public School, Danielle Elizabeth Lambert decided to help her French teacher reach a five-year objective to raise funds for needy children in Haiti. Miss Lambert used beautifully decorated paper boxes that she and her classmates had learned to make earlier in the year, filling the "miracle boxes" with small surprises such as seeds or friendship bracelets. Several of her classmates followed her lead and together they created many of these boxes, which were then sold at a school bazaar. The boxes were so successful at the bazaar and in following months that $12 000 was raised, more than doubling the original goal. For the past five years, Miss Lambert has demonstrated compassion in seeking to assist people who are less fortunate.
