February 2016
Richer Fire Department Give Back It was with great pleasure that the volunteers from Richer Fire Department handed out three cheques totaling over $2000.00 on Monday, January 18, 2016 to three deserving organizations. The Richer Day care which provides affordable child care to local residents, Operation Red Nose from La Broquerie who through countless volunteers help keep our communities and roads safe and donations collected are handed to the School Council for École Saint Joachim, as well as the Ste. Anne food bank who provides nutrition to those who are less fortunate. These three groups were the recipients of the total profits raised from the New Year’s bash held in Richer at the Young at Hearts club. The event was hosted by the Richer Fire Dept to help support these very deserving groups. “We (the Richer Fire Dept) wanted to do something to help out during the Christmas season and wanted to bring the community together to celebrate the season and to welcome in the New Year right” says organizer Rob Desautels. The night turned out to be a great success as the large crowd had a great time and thanks to Operation Red nose no one had to drive and everyone arrived home safe. The Richer Fire dept would like to thank the entire community as well as many from outside the area who came out to support the event. BioChemix Entertainment put on a great show and had the hall hopping all night. Special thanks to Dan Guetre with One One consulting Inc for donating the time and supplies for all the advertising and creating the “Pie your Fire man board” in less than an hour which turned out to be a great success. We look forward to a great New Year and hope to see everyone again next year. Submitted by Ed Belisle
Richer Fireside Youth We will Be meeting Friday Feb. 5 and 19, from 7-9pm at the Richer School Gym. Please contact Michelle Driedger at 204 424-5216 or email mmdri.119@gmail.com for more info.