Awarded on: 2005-11-16
Vincent Plante, Lévis, Quebec
Governor General's Caring Canadian Award
As an adolescent, Vincent Plante was already organizing activities for his parish. Since that time, he has worked to better the lives of the most vulnerable and loneliest members of his community. A member of the Knights of Columbus, he visits retirees at five separate establishments and gives communion at the Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis. A man of faith working to reach as many people as possible, Mr. Plante started a prayer group in a shopping centre. He hands out gifts to children through the Arbre de Noël enchanté and participates in fundraising campaigns for a number of organizations, including the Atelier occupationnel de Lévis, which enables persons with disabilities to gain independence through the sale of their handicrafts.