Peterborough poverty advocate Carol Winter awarded first-ever Pathway of Fame Memorial Award

Longtime community advocate Carol Winter is being recognized by the Peterborough Pathway of Fame with the first Memorial Award.

Winter, dubbed “Saint Carol” by many in Peterborough, was known for her decades of tireless work as a poverty advocate in the city.

She died in September 2017 at age 75.

The Pathway of Fame, which recognizes outstanding contributions by individuals and community builders, has created the Memorial Award of which Winter will be the first recipient.

The Memorial Award is not an annual honour – rather the board will present it when it deems an individual is worthy of the award.

Winter will also be inducted posthumously into the Pathway of Fame at its ceremony on Sept. 8 at Showplace Performance Centre.

Eyre says the memorial award aims to ensure Winter’s “wholehearted and untiring efforts” to improve the lives of the underprivileged will always be remembered.

“It was not that most of us did not feel Ms. Winter would be nominated in one or more of the categories,” said Eyre.

Nominations for this year’s Pathway of Fame are due April 30. Nomination forms are available at Package Plus at 171 Rink St., or online.