Awarded on: 2005-11-16
Brett Robinson, Brandon, Manitoba
Governor General's Caring Canadian Award
Brett Robinson, who is legally blind, has volunteered with long-term care patients at the Fairview Home for the past 12 years. He also recently began to visit Brandon Regional Health Centre residents who suffer from dementia and Alzheimer's disease. He has a talent for soothing agitated patients, and his gentle manner and sense of humour brighten the day of residents, their families and staff. Mr. Robinson often brings out his harmonica to play a tune, much to everyone's delight. An active participant in many fundraisers such as the Terry Fox Run and the annual car raffle of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, he remains a source of inspiration in the lives of Brandon residents.