PAGE 20, WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 1976, WHITBY FREE PRESS At Kingston csremony Tuosday Brooklin youth receives Duke of Edinburgh gold, «word -By Brian Winter Staff Writer On Tuesday at Kingston, Ontario i 7-year-old Donald Grant, of Brooklin, was one of 35 young Canadians to receive a gold award from the Duke of Edinburgh. The award, the highest in a program set up by the Duke for students around the worid, is made in recognition of ail-round achievement in four catego rie s--comnmuni ty service, hobbies, expeditions, and physical fitness. The Duke of Edinburgh awards progr am is carried out throughout the 42 Commnon- wealth countries and has more than 200,000 participants, of i7 which more than 8,000 are Canadians. The Duke of Edinburgli founded the awards systcrn after attcnding Gordonstoun, a private school near Elgin in Scotland, wherc Donald spent four nionths in 1975 as an exchange student. *Donald became involved in the Duke of Edinburgh Awards program when he startcd Grade 9 at Lakcficld College School near Pete r- borough. In grade 9 le obtained the bronze award, in grade 10 thc silver award, and in grade 12 thc gold award. The bronze and silver awards are presented by the school but the gold award is always presented by thc Duke of Edinburgh hinîself or a' member of th e Royal farnily. Donald describes the Duke of Edinburgli awards prograrn as a progression whcre achieve- ment is recogrîized in the four categories, each year. In community' service, Donald had acted for three years as Sacriston at the Lakefield Chapel, where lie organizes 30 servers and altar boys, and plans services and the administration of the clapel. In the category of hobbies, he lias collected coins, stamps and paper money, but Donaid's greatest interest is a collection of 800 to 900 letter heads from all over the world, inciuding businesses, *banks, hotels, and organiza- tions. In the expeditions cate- gory, while at Gordonstoun, he won the St. C Challenge Prize for cl ail tlic mouintains in whidli are over 4,00 In one weekend in tli of 1975,>lie climb mountains. In the physical category, Donald has v Award of Excellence Canada Fitness Award times, and plays h football and rugger school. One of the highlig Donald's scliool carc< the four months he sI Gordonstoun. In 19 was the first. student ir ycar.s to be pic ked by field College to exclanj a Scottish studer Gordonistoun. .eorge's Whiie at this international limibing school, which has students Britain attending from around the )0 feet. world, Donald becamne invol- espring ved in "Outward Bound" an ed 12 international organization de- dicated to promotingoutdoor fitness lîfe activities as a personal won the challenge. Here he started in the lis mountain climbing and s three rescue aciivities. 4ockey,' When he returus to Lake- for his field for Grade 12 in Septem- ber, Donald will be in charge ghts of of his school's "Outward er was- Bound" program. pent at While at Gordonstoun, >75 he Donald had a rare opportunity n seven to meet Queen Elizabeth and SLake- other memrbers of the Royal ige with Family. One of the first nt at boys he met when he arrived was i 5-year-old Prince An- drew, a student at Gordonstoun. Prince Andrew becamne a close friend, and they often played squash together. Donald met Prince Andrew, when he made another visit to Scotland in June this year, and Prince Andrev> accom- panied the' Duke of Edinburgh at the awards cerernony at Kingston onf Tuesday. On one occasion, Prince Andrew was in a play at itest Gordonstoun and Donald wvas in.charge of the m'akeup rE, departruent. After the play, the Queen, who had corne to visitiier son, met the cast and backstage crew. accomipanied by the Duke, wvho immnedia te- ly recognized Donald's Lake- field crest on lis jacket because he had visited the t. -Canadian sehool a few years ago. The foliowing day at a chapel service the Queen met thc exohange students from thc Commonwealth, and Donald had a five-minute conversation with her about lier visit to the Olymplics.' "She was extremely friend- ly and made you feci right at home", says Donald. "T<'Ihere was a picture of rnysclf with the Queen the next day in an Aberdeen n 'ewspaper. Donald says lie likes to get involved in ail sorts of activities, and'would like to see more high schools get involved in the Duke of Edinburgh Awards program. The awards program was devised to encourage young men and women to make the best use of their leisure timne, and the gold award which Donald received conists of* a gold lapel pin with an inscribed- certificate of achievement. "Anybody coulId get this award if he really put *s hi's mind to it", says Donald. Its a matter of ge tting up and doing it." Donald, the son of Dr. Guthrie Grant, has lived al his life in Brooklin, and attcnded Meadowcrest and Garden Street Schools before going to Lakefield College School. Lakefield has been a strong supporter of the Duke of Edinburg~I Awards pro- gram, and Donald is one of seven students from his school wvho received thc Gold Award at Kingston Tuesday. I COURTICE-ALJJSM lID;A. PHARMAQV ISH k -117 Brook St. N, 668-2394WNttw 65 IORT'S I.D.A. 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