Awarded on: 2000-09-21
Joanne Haffie, Napanee, Ont.
Governor General's Caring Canadian Award
Joanne Haffie has been active in Napanee's Lioness Club, Humane Society, Diabetes Society, Lennox and Addington Interval House and the Hospice Lennox and Addington. She has organized fundraising events for many worthwhile causes. She has also been involved in local Terry Fox runs for many years, serving as area convenor and organizer, reinstating the run in Gananoque, and helping to start runs in Deseronto and at North Addington High School.