• Awarded on: June 11, 2007

Raoul Manzerolle, Shippagan, New Brunswick
Governor General's Caring Canadian Award

Ever since his youth, Raoul Manzerolle has exhibited an enterprising spirit. Increasingly asserting his leadership abilities and his dedication, he promoted and directed activities connected with the fishing and aquaculture festival in New Brunswick and the Winter Carnival. As a member of the Club Richelieu, the Knights of Columbus and the Lions' Club, he participates in projects and programs that help youth and disadvantaged people in the region. He is also president of 27 seniors' clubs on the peninsula and organizes activities for seniors in the community. In a thousand different ways, Mr. Manzerolle has contributed to development of the city of Shippagan and has made life more pleasant for his fellow citizens.