Awarded on: 2007-06-11
Shauna Marie Doolan, Sydney, Nova Scotia
Governor General's Caring Canadian Award
Shauna Doolan has devoted more than 40 years of community service to the Cape Breton region. Gifted with musical talent, and a piano teacher by trade, she has provided 20 years of musical programming and accompaniment at convocations for Holy Angels High School and at St. Patrick's Day celebrations. She is the choir director of several community groups, ranging from the Knights of Columbus to the Sacred Heart Church Choir. The charity concerts performed by these groups benefit the Canadian Cancer Society, the Cape Breton Regional Hospital and the Palliative Care Society of Cape Breton, among others. She has also organized the annual Rotary Club Christmas fundraiser for the past 12 years, in support of many essential community projects.