"Andersons Raiders" football team, 1971

 

 

 

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Community Service

"Don’t be lazy, don’t be tricky, don’t deceive and don’t make enemies"
~ Book of Rules ~

In addition to their commercial activities, the Anderson family established an extensive history of philanthropy and personal service to the community of St. Thomas and Elgin County.

Robert Marshall Anderson

  • President of the Elgin Patriotic Society.
  • Trustee of the 91st Battalion Elgin Regiment canteen fund.
  • Active in several civic building campaigns in St. Thomas, including those supporting the construction of Memorial Hospital, new buildings for the Y.M.C.A. and Y.W.C.A., and extensions for Alma College.
  • Instrumental in establishing several golf clubs/courses in the St. Thomas area.

Donald Hume Anderson

  • President of the Elgin County Unit of the Canadian Cancer Society.
  • Chairman of the St. Thomas-Elgin Advisory Board of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind.
  • General Co-Chairman of the St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital Campaign.
  • Chairman of the Special Names (fundraising) Committee of the St. Thomas Branch of the Canadian Red Cross Society.
  • President of the St. Thomas Mental Health Care Association (now known as the Elgin Association for Community Living).
  • President of the St. Thomas Board of Trade, St. Thomas-Elgin Art Gallery Foundation, St. Thomas Curling Club and St. Thomas Golf & Country Club.
  • Director of the St. Thomas Y.M.C.A., St. Thomas Industrial Board, Elgin County Pioneer Museum and Kiwanis Club of St. Thomas.

Tour a gallery of images illustrating the Anderson family’s devotion to community service.