Cook has also been heavily involved with charitable efforts, chairing fundraising campaigns for Newfoundland's branch of the Canadian Cancer Society.
She served as president of the North Peel unit of the Canadian Cancer Society in the 1980s and as president of her Liberal riding association.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation | Canadian Pacific Railway | Society of Jesus | Royal Society | National Geographic Society | cancer | Royal Canadian Navy | Royal Canadian Air Force | Canadian Football League | American Cancer Society | Canadian Forces | Canadian National Railway | Royal Canadian Mounted Police | Canadian dollar | Canadian federal election, 2004 | Canadian Army | Royal Television Society | Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission | American Physical Society | breast cancer | American Chemical Society | National Cancer Institute | International Society for Krishna Consciousness | American Society of Civil Engineers | Royal Society of Canada | Royal Geographical Society | American Philosophical Society | Theosophical Society | Royal Society of Edinburgh | Society of Antiquaries of London |
GAHS has been recognized for a number of causes, including (but not limited to): the Canadian record of per capita student contributions in donations to the Canadian Cancer Society, championships in football, hockey, basketball, track & field, wrestling, tennis, cross country and volleyball; the recipient of several Essex County "Student Prime Minister of the Year" awards (2004, 2005, & 2009) and high rankings in the University of Waterloo Fermat Mathematics competition.
He is currently director of the United Appeal in Barrie, director of the Barrie YM-YWCA and campaign chairman for the Canadian Cancer Society.