Jim Burton, sales rep/owner at Re/Max Infinity Realty in Conception Bay South, Nfld., has been selected as the recipient of the 2015 Humanitarian Award from the Canadian Red Cross, Newfoundland and Labrador.
Burton is a commercial pilot with 15,000 flight hours and chairs the national board of Hope Air, an organization that arranges free flights for Canadians in financial need who must travel for health care. Since he joined the board in 2011, there’s been a 10-fold increase in such flights for residents of his home province, due largely to his passionate promotion of Hope Air’s work.
Burton is a current or past chair or member of boards of directors for the Newfoundland & Labrador Brain Injury Association, St. John’s Real Estate Board, Canadian Home Builders’ Association, Janeway Children’s Hospital Foundation, Salvation Army Advisory Board and the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation.
