2 - Southpoint Sun
June 27th Miracle is rolling out across Windsor-Essex ESSEX COUNTY — Hot off the heels of a highly successful May 16th Miracle in ChathamKent, Windsor-Essex is gearing up for a massive food drive of its own. The June 27th Miracle will bring a much-needed influx of non-perishables to food banks across Windsor and Essex County. The committee has put together a group from a cross-section of people across the county and they are looking for numerous volunteers. They are also looking for food donations on Saturday, June 27. “We are asking every resident in Essex County to put one non-perish-
able on their front step by noon on June 27,” said spokesperson Josh Lane. As happened in Chatham-Kent last month, an army of volunteers will walk the streets across Windsor-Essex and collect the donations. They will be brought back to a
central area within each municipality, where everything will be organized and counted. All donations stay within the community where they are collected.
The Chatham-Kent food drive set an unofficial world record for food collected in a 24 hour period, with 678,200 lbs of food. The Windsor-Essex group is hoping to surpass that, but they need volunteers to make it happen. It’s estimated it may take between 5000 and 10,000 volunteers to pull it off. Adam Lally, another member spearheading the movement, added, “Let’s make a miracle happen.” You can sign up to volunteer at www.june27miracle.com.
Fire Chief misidentified in last week’s tornado story
CORRECTION — Last week’s tornado feature wrongly identified Chuck Parsons as the Fire Chief in Leamington during the tornado event. In fact, Parsons was the Deputy Fire Chief and Bob Bradt was the Fire Chief in Leamington at that time. Chief Bradt retired from the depart-
ment after 45 years in 2011. Chief Parsons, now Kingsville Fire Chief, became Leamington’s Fire Chief after Mr. Bradt’s retirement. We spoke to Chief Bradt on the phone and apologized for the mistake. As always, he was gracious about it and we thank him for that.
Modified Blessing of the Bikes takes place for Hogs By Mark Ribble KINGSVILLE — While the 5th Annual Hogs for Hospice event has been put on hold until 2021, organizers went through with the annual Blessing of the Bikes on Sunday, June 7. The blessing took place at the First Lurtheran Church in Kingsville under the direction of Pastor Susan Tillinger and Pastor Dave Bretzlaff. The Hogs for Hospice Committee and numerous volunteers were on hand to facilitate social distancing and keep the bikes moving. Signs with messages of encouragement were held up for the participants to see on their way in and out of the event. The church parking lot was set up to keep the bikes moving and discourage any gathering in groups, with the pastors offering a blessing to each motorcycle as it passed under the tent. Last year’s event attracted about 600 motorcycles, while this one counted about 246 bikes and their riders. Sun photos
WINDSOR & ESSEX’S LEADING CREMATION PROVIDER. The better choice to traditional funeral homes. KINGSVILLE • CHATHAM • WINDSOR • AMHERSTBURG
Wednesday, June 10, 2020
