John De Forest has been a lifelong volunteer. It is his contributions to the Historic Stewart Farm in Surrey and Burnaby Village Museum for which he is being honoured. For seventeen years, he undertook improvements and restoration to Burnaby Village’s industrial collections and vintage vehicles and, today, at 92, he is an exhibition guide at the Farm and a member of the Barn Committee.
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