Theresa Qadri
Community Pillars
Theresa Qadri is an active community leader who has spent nearly a lifetime as an avid volunteer helping her community of Stittsville.
At a very young age, and as the middle child in a family of nine girls, Ms. Qadri grew up learning core values of working together, kindness, honesty, integrity, sharing, and caring that have each formed the basis of a strong foundation and desire to help others. She began volunteering as a teenager after school at the Elsie Stapleford Child Care Centre. This experience developed into community volunteer leadership positions including as Vice-chair of the Stittsville Village Association, Treasurer for the Goulbourn Historical Society and the first female President of the Rotary Club of Stittsville. In addition, she has served as a volunteer at the Stittsville Food Bank since 2007 and has been its Chair for over 11 years. Her volunteer work has also encompassed the Stittsville Business Association, the Lions Club, and the Youth Committee. Theresa supports women in leadership roles, nurtures talented children and never fails to inspire others to get involved and to give back. She also chairs a number of fundraising events.
In honour of her many achievements and contributions, Theresa Qadri has received a number of awards and recognitions. In 2017, she was awarded the Governor General’s Sovereign Medal for Volunteers for her continual and impactful dedication and commitment to her community and, in 2015, she received the Communitas Platinum Leadership Award for Excellence in Community Service and Social Responsibility. In 2001, her family business was voted Business of the Year for Stittsville.
