OFFICE OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF ONTARIO


MEDIA ADVISORY

For immediate release

2 March 2009

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR PRESENTS

2008 ONTARIO JUNIOR CITIZEN OF THE YEAR AWARDS


TORONTO – The Honourable David C. Onley, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, will present the 2008 Ontario Junior Citizen of the Year awards in his suite at Queen’s Park on Tuesday, March 3, 2009.

“I am pleased to present these awards to twelve of Ontario’s most outstanding young people,” said the Honourable David C. Onley. “These recipients have shown tremendous leadership at an early age and are very deserving of this honour.”

Every year, nominations of eligible youth aged 6 to 17 are received through local newspapers. Those eligible commit their time and energy to improvements within their communities.


PHOTO OPPORTUNITY

Who: The Honourable David C. Onley, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario

What: Ontario Junior Citizen of the Year Awards Presentation

Where: Lieutenant Governor’s Suite, Music Room (2nd floor), Queen’s Park

When: 1:45 p.m., Tuesday, March 3, 2009


- Media asked to arrive at the Music Room by 1:30 p.m. -

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Contact:

Nanda Casucci-Byrne

Office of the Lieutenant Governor

416-325-7780

www.lt.gov.on.ca