CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF RICHER NEWS!
Volume 20 Issue 10
March 2018
WINTERFEST 2018
Submitted by Sarah Belisle
Another successful Winterfest was hosted on February 25th by the Richer Community Club and Richer Daycare for the 9th consecutive year. For anyone who wished to lace up their skates, the skating rink was in top shape. The warmer temperatures made it enjoyable for attendees to go for sleigh rides on two different teams of horses, enjoy the bonfire, coin scramble, candy toss, color the snow with snow spray, and meet the BSI Bear. As well, the hard working volunteers face painting in the warm
up shack had a never ending line till the end of the event. You could also grab a free hot dog and hot chocolate or coffee. These must have been well enjoyed as we ran out of the 16 dozen hot dogs by around 3 pm. This shows how popular the event has grown and we will adjust for the increase next year. The entire event, activities and food were FREE and was made possible thanks to all the volunteers who put in so much time and the many
donations including Caisse Financial Group, Weston Bakery, The Dawson Trail Dispatch, Maple Leaf Foods, Burnells Food Plus as well as the donated sleigh rides. The Richer Daycare held a 50/50 raffle to raise money towards playground improvements at the day-
care. The raffle raised $894, and the winning ticket went to Denis Delaine from Winnipeg who won half the amount raised.