Doug The Great - Entertainer

Doug Hunt, also known in his entertainment-life as “Doug the Great” is currently the Director of Fund Raising, Marketing and Volunteer Services at Participation Support Services. Formerly Participation House Brantford - PSS is an organization striving to meet the needs of physically disabled adults and seniors in our community.) 

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Doug has long been recognized locally and nationally for many of his achievements. 

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On September 14, 2002, Doug set a new Guinness world record in Brantford, for tallest stilt-walker.  He took 29 independent steps on stilts measuring 50 feet 9 inches tall and weighing a combined weight of 137 pounds. This was accomplished after years of work, and with the support and encouragement of an extremely dedicated and dynamic team. The record-setting event raised over seventy-five thousand dollars for Participation Support Services.

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On May 15, 2008, Doug led 625 people (mostly students) on stilts at North Park Collegiate for the Guinness world record for most people on stilts.

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In 2002 Doug was a recipient of the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal

 

In 2012 he received the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal.

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In 2014, Doug was the recipient of the Brantford Kiwanis Walter Zeller Fellowship Award.

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Doug was a recipient of the 2017 Canada and Ontario150 Coin.

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Doug was the first recipient of the 2018 Brant Community Foundation “Kindness Award”.

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He was nominated Brantford’s Citizen of the year in 1996, 1999, and 2002.

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Brantford Jaycees, Brant Chapter of the Heart & Stroke Foundation, and the Ontario Cerebral Palsy Sports Association have all recognized Doug’s volunteer work.