Mr. Speaker, last Wednesday, our community celebrated the 100th birthday of George Markow, a Second World War veteran and a community hero.
At the start of the pandemic, George vowed to walk 100 kilometres around his retirement home in Newmarket, and to raise $100,000 for medical research before his 100th birthday. A year later, George has raised over $160,000 and walked more than 150 kilometres. At 100 years young, he says that he will continue to walk and fundraise to help fight the coronavirus.
May George’s kindness motivate all of us to help those in need, and may his determination to give back to his community inspire all of us today and into the future.
On behalf of Newmarket-Aurora, I wish George a happy birthday, and I thank him for his service.