Douglas Rapelje is this year's winner of the T. Roy Adams Award.
He has been a long-time advocate for senior services in the Region.
He helped create the Alzheimer Society Niagara Foundation back in 2005 and he's also a regular guest speaker at Rapelje Lodge in Welland.
Rapelje also received the Canadian Association in Gerontology’s Contribution to Gerontology Award in 2016 and the Niagara Centre Canada 150 Awards’ Contributions to the Community Award in 2017.
The T. Roy Adams Award is presented to a Niagara resident each year in order to honour them for their community service.
Regional Chair Jim Bradley says Rapleje truly deserves this award.
"On behalf of Regional Council, I would like to congratulate Doug Rapelje on being named the recipient of the 2020 T. Roy Adams Humanitarian Award. Doug requires no introduction, and his impressive record of service in Niagara speaks for itself. Doug is a worthy recipient of this award, having dedicated the majority of his life to both advocating for the rights of seniors, and to improving their quality of life here at home and across Canada. Doug embodies all of the qualities we look for in the recipient of this award, and his record of service and volunteerism stands as an example of what the best in our community are capable of."
Thomas 'Roy' Adams served as the Mayor of St. Catharines from 1976 to 1985 and as a Regional Councilkor from 1988 to 2002.
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