Municipal retirees make sizeable donations to charities

REGIONAL — The Municipal Retirees Organization of Ontario (MROO) has recently made donations to charitable causes in the region totalling over $7,000.

Leamington retiree Bruce Peacock is the Zone 1 Director for MROO and covers an area from Essex County all the way up to Sarnia.

The association usually holds an annual zone meeting, but were unable to this year, so they’ve taken the funds set aside for that and in total, have donated $126,000. They have 25,000 members across Ontario.

Peacock is responsible for making donations in this area, which include the Essex County Firefighters Burn Unit, A Book of My Own Literacy Program, Leamington Half Century Centre, SECC, Chatham-Kent Women’s Centre & Shelter, Chatham-Kent Family Services, Salvation Army Chatham-Kent, Salvation Army Leamington, The Bridge Youth Centre and St. Vincent De Paul.

Many other charities outside of the readership area have also benefited.