• Awarded on: April 20, 1999

Helen Stockford, Rothesay, N.B.
Governor General's Caring Canadian Award

Helen Stockford is always prepared to help people or animals in need. She cooks and delivers her own "meals on wheels" to people who are sick. She runs the Arthritis Society's booth at the Saint John Atlantic National Exhibition, gives talks to seniors' groups, fraternal organizations, coffee groups and women's organizations, and participates in various fundraising activities. She also volunteered to have the "arthritis telephone" in her home, responding daily to calls from people with arthritis who need advice and support. Mrs. Stockford, a director of the Kindness Club Foundation, will also, at her own expense, provide a home and care for stray and abused animals.