September has arrived, our youth returned to the classrooms yesterday, (Tuesday) and we are just under three weeks away from the big ‘South Dundas Community Playground’ build set for Saturday, September 24. The project has resulted in massive community support through all sorts of fund raising from big to little events. Coming up this Saturday, September 10, a ‘fun’ sounding event will take place at the Canadian Tire. For the Playground fund raiser, Tribec Inflatables will bring ALL his inflatables and assemble them on the one-acre grassed area near the Morrisburg Water Tower, weather permitting. Canadian Tire owner Michel Proulx is inviting the entire community to head on over to the Canadian Tire this Saturday, for all the fun which will include, in addition to the inflatables, a barbecue and other fun items. As everyone is aware the Playground will be built on September 24 in the southwest corner of the Earl Baker Park in Morrisburg. Site preparations will begin the week prior to the building day which is expected to include up to 200 community, volunteers in the build which will have the playground ready for the kids by 3 p.m. that same day. In a story that ran in last week’s issue of The Leader, the playground committee reported that $98,000 cash and in-kind donations had been raised for the community portion of project.
Also coming up in the not too distant future is the annual South Dundas Terry Fox Run that takes place in Morrisburg on Sunday, September 18 from the Morrisburg Legion (8 a.m. until noon). Pledge sheets for this year’s run can be obtained at the Morrisburg Legion. The Terry Fox Foundation is one of the largest non-governmental funders of cancer research in Canada. This year’s run honors Terry’s mother Betty Fox for her commitment to the cause, for her dedication, for her compassion, for her vision and for persevering at all cost. Betty Fox passed away on June 17, 2011.
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