For the past 27 years, Dave Kurek (known by his friends, colleagues and students as Mr. Dave) has been volunteering his time to make Queensmount Senior Public School in Kitchener a kinder place. In April, the school came together to celebrate the Q's super hero on National Superhero Day.
Mr. Dave's contributions over more than a quarter century were recognized at a special assembly where he was presented with the door from the locker he had as a student at the school in 1972. Mr. Dave explained his reaction when he saw the locker door, custom painted to commemorate the milestone achievement.
"It was jaw-dropping, just jaw-dropping," said Mr. Dave. "I just couldn't believe it. It was so well done."
Mr. Dave began volunteering at Queensmount in 1995, following a serious accident that led to him spending months in a coma, and a year in rehabilitation.
This experience began what would become Mr. Dave's focus as a volunteer at Queensmount.
