Alvin Lake Recieves Rural Frontenac Community Services 47th Honorary Life Membership Award

Oct 19, 2022

Honorary life members exemplify a commitment to our vision of a strong Community. To date Rural Frontenac Community has awarded 47 awards to local residents. This year’s Honourary Life Membership Award goes to Alvin Lake.

23 years ago, Alvin attended a meeting hosted by the Community Support Program. The meeting was held to recruit volunteer drivers to deliver meals-on-wheels. He was still working shiftwork at the Alcan Plant in Kingston. After the meeting, he signed up as a volunteer driver.

Alvin is a dedicated volunteer driver who has been delivering meals-on-wheels for Rural Frontenac Community services for 23 years. As Alvin delivers meals, he also gets to know the seniors receiving the meals. Alvin may even take some time to have a chat with the clients for a minute or two.

Alvin has been an active member in the community: He canvassed for the Cancer Society for 20 years and after retiring in 2006 volunteered driving cancer patients to appointments for 7 years. When his children were young and involved in sports, he coached softball and was an area rep in the minor association.

Volunteers like Alvin are the backbone of many rural organizations. Without their commitment to support programs like Meals on Wheels these programs would not exist. This year we celebrate Alvin and his longstanding volunteer work in our community.