• Awarded on: December 4, 2003

Victor Patrick Cormier, Belle Côte, Nova Scotia
Governor General's Caring Canadian Award

Victor Cormier is one of the Terry Fox Foundation's top individual fundraisers in Nova Scotia. As cancer touched him and his family cruelly, he knows from experience the devastation caused by this disease. Since 1983, he has raised over $70,000 for cancer research, and has participated in close to 20 Terry Fox runs. He completed his most recent run at the age of 78 after recovering from surgery. Mr. Cormier collects hundreds of pledges for each run by approaching family, friends and co workers, and from going door to door. As a member of the RCMP Veterans Association, Mr. Cormier also frequently visits the sick in his community and brings them some of his abounding energy.