Joyce Marshall has been honoured with an achievement award from Ontario
A prolific Whitby volunteer has been honoured with an award from the Ontario authorities for her providers to Whitby.
In asserting the Ontario Senior Achievement Award, the province described Joyce Marshall as a “beacon of compassion and leadership.”
Marshall is a retired nursery trainer who now volunteers on the Whitby 55+ Recreation Centre. “She stands as a shining example of selfless dedication and tireless commitment to the well-being of the community, particularly its senior members,” Ontario wrote.
They additional describe “a deep-rooted passion for making a positive impact in the lives of others.” That is demonstrated in Marshall’s work towards Whitby’s participation in World AIDS Day and Durham Area’s in Hospice Consciousness Day.
She’s additionally spent 20 years on the Board of Administrators of the VON Durham Area Hospice Service, a non-profit which gives palliative care, caregiver assist, and different providers to sufferers with terminal diseases and their households. For the final ten of these years, she’s served as VON’s Board chair.
That is hardly the primary time Marshall’s work has been acknowledged. She’s beforehand acquired the Paul Harris Fellow for her contributions to the Rotary Membership and was named the Whitby Chamber of Commerce’s first Woman of the Yr again in 2014.
In her month-to-month publication, Mayor Elizabeth Roy acknowledged Marshall’s recognition and wrote, “We’re so fortunate that Joyce is a member of our community.”
Moreover, Whitby MPP Lorne Coe rose in Queen’s Park to acknowledge Marshall saying, “Seniors like Joyce play a critical role in building out communities and province into the strong and prosperous place it is today.”
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