The Citizen, 2015-09-03, Page 23THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2015. PAGE 23.
The first-ever Brussels firefighter
swim relay was a rousing success,
raising over $5,000 for a new
compressor for the department,
while a neighbouring event raised
well over $1,000 for the Ronald
McDonald House.
Heather Dunbar, the organizer of
the swim relay, said she was amazed
at the skill and athleticism displayed
by members of the fire department.
The crew got together last
Wednesday, she said, for a practice
session, after which Dunbar thought
they would still be swimming on
Monday morning to finish their 300
laps of the pool.
However, it took just 100 minutes
for them to reach their goal, which
blew Dunbar away.
“I thought it was fabulous,” she
said of the event.
After the swim, several firefighters
took their chances at the dunk tank,
including Dunbar, Jamie Hickling,
Ken Higgins, Chief Max McLellan
and Deputy-Fire Chief Doug
Sholdice. The final two names
carried with them a hefty price tag,
Dunbar said, as McLellan said he
would only sit atop the dunk tank if
$500 was raised to dunk him.
A similar challenge was
posed for Sholdice for $250.
In addition, several local
businesses and emergency services
agencies had vehicles available for
the “Touch the Truck” portion of the
day.
At the end of the day, the event
raised $5,374 for the department’s
new compressor, which gets
Brussels firefighters to within
$2,500 of their goal of $19,838,
$12,000 of which had already been
raised ahead of the swim relay.
Next, Dunbar says, the firefighters
plan on continuing to fundraise,
perhaps enlisting the help of local
service clubs to help get them to
their goal.
Dunbar said she was amazed by
the support of the Brussels
community, with members of the
fire department commenting that if
the event had raised half of what it
eventually did, they would have
been surprised.
Just across the road, the Western
Ontario Athletic Association
(WOAA) held its year-end Bantam
tournament at the Optimist Ball
Park, where money was being raised
for the Mitchell family and the
Ronald McDonald House in the
wake of a collision that left three
young people injured.
Barbecue organizer Gary Pipe said
that while it’s still a little too early to
have a final tally of how much
money was raised, it’s safe to
assume that over $1,000 was raised
for the Ronald McDonald House.
Swim relay raises over $5,000 for compressor
Firefighter relay
Brussels firefighters found themselves in need of a new compressor, so they took to the pool
to do something about it under the direction of avid swimmer and new firefighter Heather
Dunbar. Several firefighters endeavoured to swim 300 lengths of the Brussels Pool and did so
in under two hours. The event raised over $5,000 for the new compressor, which gets the
department to within $2,500 of its goal. (Jim Brown photo)
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