May 2017
Volume 19 Issue 12
Kids Flock to Soccer Sainte Anne Soccer Sainte Anne is up and running for another season and the number of kids registered for 2017 has grown tremendously. “Soccer Sainte Anne is in a growth year, last year we had 160 kids, this year over 230,” said Dave Nelson, president of Soccer Sainte Anne. “We have players from Ste. Anne, Ross, Ste. Genevieve, and Richer. I would say 70% of our players are from outside Ste. Anne, I think we have around 40 kids just from the Richer area alone,” he continued. “We admit we are running into some growing pains with the amount of equipment needed for all of these players, specifically goals. With so many kids we knew we needed to buy more goals but when we started doing pricing we found that having to purchase 20 new premade goal frames was not something we could afford. So we started to look at building them.
We called out to our parents and community for wholesale pricing but even with wholesale pricing it was looking like we might need to build some this season and the remainder next season, which wasn’t ideal.” “Then unexpectedly on April 19 I received the most amazing call from A & P Plumbing and Heating in Selkirk, saying they would donate all of the pipe, fittings and glue needed to build all 20 of our goals! It’s such a great gesture and we can’t thank them enough for it.” “We truly live in an amazing community with great people. There are number of companies who have helped us out this year already and the season hasn’t even started. Tim Horton’s Timbits, T & T properties, the Dawson Trail Dispatch and now A &P. Businesses like these are how we are able to grow and improve
our program and we greatly appreciate all that they do for us.”
Thank You! A sincere thank you to each and everyone who participated in the Walk with the Cross as well as the Way of the Cross. Even though the weather was not cooperating in the early morning we managed to have beautiful weather for the walk.