HooJung Jones ‘99

HooJung Jones is a strong advocate for veterans, a dedicated volunteer, a community leader, a festival and special events organizer and an author. In the past 15 years, she has contributed a total of 11,000 volunteer hours to preserve and promote the Canadian military history and accomplishment, diverse cultural heritage, arts and top entertainment which made a significant impact on Hamilton and Canada celebrating Canada’s pride and heritage.

She has received numerous awards locally and internationally: the Hamilton Heritage Award, the 2005 and 2011 YWCA Women of Distinction Award Certificates, the Hamilton V.I.P. Award, the Ontario Volunteer Award, “Medal of Merit,” the “Special Commemoration Award Certificate” from Donald Rumsfeld, US Secretary of National Defense in 2005, Royal Bank Hamilton Citizen of Year 2010 (finalist), Minister of Veterans Affairs Commendation for her efforts on behalf of the veterans, and the prestigious international award called “Legion of Honor.”

She is also the Project Coordinator of the Korean Veterans Association of Canada Unit 26, co–authored “Canadians Our Heroes 1950–1953 Korean War” which was forwarded by former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien. She donated over 1,000 books free to schools, military museums, libraries, veterans and students to preserve the valuable military history and promote Canadian accomplishments.