• Awarded on: November 28, 2006

Ross G. Hayter, Grand Bend, Ontario
Governor General's Caring Canadian Award

Ross Hayter has demonstrated his commitment to community service and to fostering greater care for the environment. For over 16 years, through the many school outreach programs that he has launched, he has engaged youth in projects such as reforestation and the construction of safe habitats for birds and bats to curb the progression of the West Nile virus and to increase the population of wild birds. As founder and president of the Lake Smith Conservationists, he and a group of retirees have sponsored many environmental activities and community programs, including fundraisers, bursaries, and food hampers to support, among others, the Scouts and families in need of assistance. Mr. Hayter has also given of his time to Our Lady of Mount Carmel School in Mount Carmel, Ontario.