Longtime volunteer and event organizer Gemma Raeburn-Baynes has been honoured with the National Assembly Medal.

Brigitte B. Garceau, MNA for the West Island riding of Robert-Baldwin, presented the award to Raeburn-Baynes during the 25th-anniversary celebration of the Playmas Montreal Cultural Association on Friday. The not-for-profit organization promotes Caribbean culture.

“Receiving this prestigious recognition in the presence of our community, family and friends was a truly emotional moment,” the Dollard-des-Ormeaux resident and longtime president of the Playmas Montreal Cultural Association said in a social media post.

“This honour is not mine alone, as it belongs to everyone who has walked this journey with me: the volunteers, artists, students, mentors, sponsors and community memb

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