The Greater Saint John Community Foundation giving Franklin Leger the 2011 Community Service Award this past week.
Leger being recognized for six decades of community service with organizations like the Red Cross, the Children's Aid Society, and the St. Joe's Hospital Foundation.
Leger tells CHSJ News he grew up in the South End, and he'd like to see people who move out of the city for other opportunities return.
Leger says its rewarding when you get to help start an organizations and still get to be involved with it many years later.