In 2004, Gogo played a major role in the creation of Joyride!, the debut album of his psychedelic rock group, The Super Groovy Band.

He ran in an unsuccessful bid for Nanaimo City Council in 2014[14] suggesting partnerships on Civic projects and predicting a looming low-income seniors housing crisis.

Ken Gogo is the only person to be presented with The Nanaimo Lifetime Cultural Achievement Award[21] Posthumously and Dodie was choir director and organist with Saint Peters[22] for 50 years 1958-2008.

[25] He also hosts numbers original community events[26] as fund-raisers for STONE SOUP[27][28][29] (which he is a director of) which is an independent charitable free-food source for up to 200 people per night.

Also, Gogo was instrumental in arranging The Saint Peters Emergency Shelter[30][31] In Nanaimo and has attended his 3rd degree Knights of Columbus[32] during his 4 terms on Parish Council.