There’s a photo of Penny Cousard that Kristine Kane cites as her favourite memory of her late friend.

The picture shows Cousard sitting outside while waiting for the Port Credit Canada Day parade to start wearing a clear poncho, a Canada flag and a red and white umbrella hat with a smile from ear to ear.

“That’s just typical of her. She was a Port Credit supporter through and through,” said Kane, chair of the Tim Horton’s Southside Shuffle, one of the many events and organizations Cousard volunteered for in Mississauga. “She really was a treasure.”

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Cousard was killed in a hit and run in Lakeview on Friday. A 56-year-old Mississauga man has been charged in connection with her death.

The 45-year-old was operating her electric mobility scooter in a bike lane along Dixie Road when she was struck by a car.

Kane remembered her friend's love for animals and how anytime she was outside and saw a dog, she would have to stop and pet it and learn its name.

As a longtime volunteer with the Southside Shuffle, Cousard served mostly in the volunteer tent, helping volunteers register and giving them goodie bags.

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She was also assigned to work in ticket and merchandise sales and anywhere else where she would be counted on to interact with people a lot.

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“I believe one of the reasons she got involved in volunteering was to become more outgoing,” Kane said. “We certainly noticed each year she was more and more outgoing and just needed to be around people.”

Cousard also lent her efforts to other volunteer opportunities, including The Compass food bank and other festivals in Port Credit.

Trish Trapani, market manager with The Compass, knew Cousard for seven years and said she was always a pleasure to have around.

Upon hearing the news of Cousard’s death, Kane said the Southside Shuffle board of directors got together and thought of some ways to honour her.

They plan on naming the festival’s volunteer tent Penny’s Place as well as approaching city council about the possibility of naming the bike lane on which she died Penny Lane.

Kane said a celebration of life is also planned for Cousard on Sunday, Feb. 23, during local band Chuck Jackson and The All-Stars’ weekly performance at Roc’ n Doc’s, 105 Lakeshore Rd. E, from 4:30-8:30 p.m.