The Royal Canadian Legion--Dominion Command
Legion
 
 
Legion Badge  
 
 
Home
About Us
Membership
Poppy and Remembrance
Legion Supply
Service Bureau
Ritual & insignia
Legion Sports
Dominion Convention
Remembrance Music
Publications
Downloads
Related Sites

 News Release 
13 June 2012

Paul grossRCL Founders Award Recipient Announced

HALIFAX –Mr. Paul Gross, noted stage, television and movie actor, is The Royal Canadian Legion’s first recipient of the Legion’s Founders Award it was announced today at the Legion’s Dominion Convention in Halifax.

Mr. Gross, who could not attend the announcement because of a previous commitment, sent remarks to the delegates at the 44th Dominion Convention at the World Trade and Convention Centre by video.

The award, recently introduced, is given to an individual or an organization for extraordinary achievement in an area that exemplifies and advances the purposes and objects of the Legion in the spirit and vision of the Legion’s founders.

Founders AwardMr. Gross produced and starred in the movie Passchendale, a very personal project that has been deemed a teaching heritage for future generations.  It was a significant project that told of Canada’s major role in the battle and succeeds in promoting Remembrance in a distinctive and extraordinary way.

For further information please contact Bruce Poulin at Dominion Command, The Royal Canadian Legion, at (613) 591-3335 ext. 241 or by cell at (613) 292-8760.

BACK TO INDEX OF HEADLINES

 

 
 
The entire contents of this site is copyright © 2008 The Royal Canadian Legion all rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction is prohibited.

Updated: October 10, 2012
Important Notices
Webmaster