Last Up Dated: June 7, 2007
June 2, 2007
SAFETY PATROL
APPRECIATION DAY.
ON JUNE 1 2007 ABOUT 1000 SAFETY PATROL STUDENTS FROM
WINDSOR AND ESSEX COUNTY
WERE INVITED TO MIC MAC PARK ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE CITIES WITH 90
TEACHERS TO ACT AS CHAPERONES. 35
SCHOOLS PARTICIPATED IN THE EVENTS
THIS YEAR.
THE RESERVATIONS STARTED MID JUNE 2006 FOR THE PARK AND THE
POOL AND THE PLANNING FOR
THE DAY'S EVENT. BY JANUARY 2007 ABOUT
30 BIKES WERE ORDER FROM OUR SUPPLIER
AND FROM THEN ON EVERYTHING ELSE JUST STARTED TO FALL INTO PLACE.
POP, CHIPS, HOT DOGS AND BUNS,
COTTON CANDY, CANDY-TREATS, MR. FREEZES WERE
ORDERED IN ADVANCE.
LETTERS
WERE SENT TO SPONSORS TO HELP WITH THE DONATIONS OF
OVER 100 PRIZES THAT INCLUDED 27 BIKES
WITH THE HELMET AND LOCKS ALONG WITH SKATEBOARD, SCOOTERS, SHIRTS, HATS,
SLEEPING BAGS, SOCCER-BALLS,
BASKETBALLS, TENNIS RACKETS, BADMINTON SET, BACK PACKS, SPORT BAGS.
THE WINDSOR POLICE, FIRE FIGHTERS, E.M.S., WERE ALL PRESENT AND THEY USED
THEIR SKILLS TO ENTERTAINED THE CHILDREN AND THE GROWN UP. WE HAD
HOCKEY PLAYER FROM THE SPITFIRE COME TO THE
PARK
AND SIGN AUTOGRAPH TO THE DELIGHTS OF THE CHILDREN THE
SWIMMING POOL HAD A LONG WAITING LINE ALL DAY. THE CHILDREN
WERE DISAPPOINTED THAT THE GIANT WATER SLIDE WAS CLOSED THIS
YEAR WHICH WAS OUT OF OUR CONTROL. TO THE CREDITS OF THE CHILDREN MANY
CAME OVER TO THANKS THE WORKERS AND OUR
ORGANIZATION FOR THE PARTY THAT WE PUT ON FOR THEM. YOU COULD
TELL
THAT THEY REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT WE DO FOR THEM ALSO
THEY WERE VERY WELL BEHAVED AND VERY POLITE.
APPROXIMATELY 60 VOLUNTEERS MET AT MIC MAC PARK AT 8.00 A.M. TO
SET UP THE AREA WITH THE
CONCESSION BOOTH FOR HOT DOGS, CANDY,
POP, CHIPS, ETC ; EVEN MOTHER NATURE COOPERATED WITH US.
IT
WAS A GREAT DAY FOR EVERYONE AND THE ENTIRE EVENT WAS A
SUCCESS DUE TO THE GREAT BUNCH OF BROTHERS KNIGHTS THAT
COUNCIL 4924 IS FORTUNATE TO HAVE. WITH A PROJECT THIS SIZE ITS
WONDERFUL TO HAVE DEDICATED KNIGHTS AND THEIRS WIVES TO COME AND HELP US
OUT.
THANK YOU ALL.
REG DESHAIES CO-CHAIRMEN
