Awarded on: 2005-11-16
Melville Dusablon, Trois-Rivières, Quebec
Governor General's Caring Canadian Award
Over the years, the Artisans bénévoles de la Paix, Héma-Québec, and the Monastère du Carmel have benefited from Melville Dusablon's many talents. In the 1980s, he founded Moisson Mauricie/Centre-du-Québec; today, owing to his infectious enthusiasm and his leadership, this food bank now has over 400 volunteers. Always ready to help those less fortunate, he oversees fundraising campaigns, collects donations, distributes the food, and visits the sick and lonely.