Awarded on: 2007-12-10
Joseph Quinn, Verdun, Quebec
Governor General's Caring Canadian Award
Joseph Quinn has helped seniors and youth within his community for over 30 years. He is a founding board member and executive of the Dawson Community Centre, which offers recreational activities for seniors and disadvantaged children. As co-founder and long-time member of the St. Lawrence Optimist Club, Mr. Quinn has helped to provide essential school supplies to many children in need at a number of Montreal schools. He is also secretary and buyer for the Manna Food Bank of Verdun, and past president and current director of the United Irish Societies of Montreal, where he manages the Christmas basket program, helping many disadvantaged members of his neighbourhood.