Holiday fun for Helping Hands

In the fall of 2012, Michel Proulx, owner of the Morrisburg Canadian Tire approached the Morrisburg and District Lions Club, to test interest in selling Christmas trees as a Christmas fundraiser. 

Club members quickly recognized this was an excellent opportunity to establish a project to raise awareness of the ongoing needs of the Dundas County Food Bank.

With a partnership established and Canadian Tire handling the bulk of the administration including ordering the trees, over 100 quality trees arrived prior to the Morrisburg Santa Claus parade on December 1st. 

Following the parade, the project was launched at the Canadian Tire Garden Centre with members of the Lions Club taking on the task of selling Balsam and Frasier Fir trees each weekend, as well as week nights, prior to Christmas. 

In accepting the $671.66 from the sale of the trees, Brenda Millard Past Chair of the Dundas Food Band, recognized the considerable commitment and work involved by the members of the Club to sell trees during the rain, sleet and snow of the 2012 holiday season! 

In response, Lions Jim and Viviane Martin, who co-chaired the project, indicated the project was an enjoyable one as Lions, Canadian Tire employees as well as those purchasing Christmas trees shared in the holiday spirit. 

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During the April 17th South Dundas council meeting, manager of public works, Hugh Garlough, presented council with an update on where things stand with the Iroquois Wastewater Treatment Plant upgrades.

He also informed council that “April 27th is the sod-turning ceremony with the provincial and federal government being there.”

In the original notice to residents, chief administrative officer Stephen McDonald reported that “the work will include upgrading the equipment at the Elizabeth Drive sewage pumping station, clearing and excavating at the existing WWTP for new facilities and modifications to existing facilities and removal and replacement of existing outfall sewer.”

According to Garlough’s report, “everything is progressing quite well.”

The work is being done by J.C. Sulpher Construction Ltd. and overseen by AECOM Canada Ltd.

“They have the outfall just about completed,” said Garlough. “They were testing yesterday (April 16th) to make sure there were no leaks. There’s been excellent dry weather,” he continued, so “no extra pumping.” 

McDonald confirmed that the ceremony is expected to take place at 10 a.m. on Friday, April 27th.

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