2013 Awarded a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, recognizing achievements of noteworthy Canadians, awarded on behalf of Junior Achievement Canada.
After his playing career, Schwenk spent 30 years as an executive in St. Louis at Junior Achievement, a national nonprofit that prepares young people for the workforce.
They have also done pro bono work for organizations including Boy Scouts of America, John P. Parker Historical Society and Junior Achievement.
Junior Achievement (also JA or JA Worldwide) is a non-profit youth organization founded in 1919 by Horace A. Moses, Theodore Vail, and Winthrop M. Crane.
From 1967 to 1986, WNDU aired Beyond Our Control, a locally-produced sketch comedy program, which was presented as part of the station's involvement in the Junior Achievement program.
Junior Wells | World Junior Figure Skating Championships | Super Junior | Junior Chamber International | National Junior College | Junior Vasquez | Junior Johnson | Achievement Medal | Quebec Major Junior Hockey League | National Junior College Athletic Association | Junior | junior | Individual Speedway Junior World Championship | Degrassi Junior High | 2012 IRB Junior World Championship | Junior League | Junior Achievement | World Junior Curling Championships | United States Junior Chamber | The Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential | Leovegildo Lins da Gama Júnior | Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps | Junior Brown | Júnior | IRB Junior World Championship | Disney Junior | Victoria Junior College | Trinidad State Junior College | Tony O'Reilly, Junior | Montreal Junior Hockey Club |
It was recently given much attention for an award given by Ernst & Young and Junior Achievement of the National Capital Area.
It currently supports Rick Hansen Wheels in Motion, United Way of Canada, and Junior Achievement, and created the Fountain Tire Foundation in 2000 to focus its fundraising efforts in the community.
Gary has been a member of numerous community organizations, including the Illinois Valley Red Cross (board member for six years), Illinois Valley Area Chamber of Commerce (two-time president), Meals on Wheels volunteer, Habitat for Humanity Foundation Board, the Illinois Valley Animal Rescue, the Peru Rotary and the Junior Achievement Board.