Mr. Speaker, Johnathon Earle was one of eight winners honoured with the prestigious title - and a custom-designed electric guitar - which acknowledged the unique and creative ways that young people volunteer.

Mr. Speaker, Johnathon is a twenty-five-year-old law student at UNB and has done an extraordinary amount of volunteering while excelling academically as well. He has been instrumental in the success of two key projects in Southern Labrador. The first was the Moulder of Dreams Pottery Studio that employed five people with myotonia, and the second was a Think Green recycling business for Grade 6 students. Jonathan has also been a member of the Youth Advisory Panel advising government on its Youth Retention and Attraction Strategy and in June, 2009, he became one of twelve youth to receive the prestigious National Aboriginal Role Model Award, an organization he remains active in.

I ask my colleagues in the House of Assembly to join me in recognizing Jonathan for his contributions to my district and for being a role model for many young people in Newfoundland and Labrador. It is also a pleasure, Mr. Speaker, to acknowledge the valuable contribution of the other seven award recipients who received awards in our Province as well.