Your community event photos
Every day members of our communities are volunteering their time and money and are accomplishing amazing feats to better themselves and our region. Community Applause is a weekly compilation of these moments captured on camera. Photos can be submitted to The Daily Gleaner for publication. Send them by e-mail to news@ dailygleaner.com or mail to Community Applause, The Daily Gleaner, P.O. Box 3370, Fredericton, NB, E3B 2T8.
Cash for camp: Charles Guitard of the Fredericton Canadian Tire store presents a $6,000 cheque to Marion Brien, president of the Fredericton Rotary Club to support for Camp Rotary. This is the second donation as part of a commitment of $18,000 to Camp Rotary.
Camp successful, fun: More than 80 campers joined with their parents, grandparents, families and friends to celebrate a fun-filled week of Parachuting with the Angels during summer bible camp organized by St. Dunstan’s parish in Fredericton. Above, volunteer Mark Basque with music ministry leader Margaret Savidge lead the campers in song at the Monsignor Boyd Family Centre.
21 Inc.: Fredericton-Silverwood MLA Rick Miles presented Tim Coates and Annick Roy of 21 Inc. with a cheque for $30,000 from the regional development corporation.
Funding wellness: Fredericton-Silverwood MLA Rick Miles presents Laura Swift-Christie, president of Sport New Brunswick with a cheque for $12,500 from the department of Wellness Culture and Sport.
Course graduates: Recently York Care Centre held a graduation ceremony for members of the most recent resident attendant course. This six-week course consists of two weeks of classroom instruction and four weeks of clinical training before certification is awarded. From left, are: Ken McGeorge, CEO of York Care Centre; graduates Mandy McLaughlin and Carol Estey; Doug Wilson, clinical co-ordinator at York Care Centre; graduate Gail Peterson, and Sherry Holder, RN course instructor.
Good for your heart: Charlie Duquesne, left, and Elaine Colter, right, board members of the Chalmers Regional Hospital Foundation accept a cheque for $500 from Kinsman Bob Brannen, centre, for the “Your Health – Your Heart” Campaign to support in the purchase of new cardiac diagnostic equipment for our regional hospital.
Hair’s to you: Marguerite Cote, 9, recently donated more than eight inches of her hair to cancer patients. She had been inspired more than a year ago when she saw a picture in The Daily Gleaner, of a little girl who did the same thing.
Your Health Your Heart: A cheque presentation by the Capital District Heart Support Group to the Chalmers Regional Hospital Foundation in support of our Your Health Your Heart campaign for a new Cardiac Diagnostic Program. From left, are: Kim Benoit, regional manager of electrodiagnostics; Wanda Schriver, donor relations co-ordinator with the Chalmers Hospital Foundation and Lloyd Svendsen, president of the Capital District Heart Support Group.
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