聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 Canora Junior Elementary School students and staff were clearly thrilled on November 8 during a presentation from Richardson Pioneer.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淵ou can feel the excitement in the air,鈥� Rod Steciuk, the school鈥檚 principal, said as students scrambled to head outside.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The reason for the excitement was the official opening of the new playground structure on the school鈥檚 property, which was finally completely funded by a generous donation of $25,000 from the Canora branch of Richardson Pioneer.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Craig Walsh, Dallas Harrison and Kent Gress were there to present the cheque at the opening on November 8 while students held signs reading 鈥淭hank you!鈥� to show their appreciation.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 After the presentation, students were allowed to play on the structure, which included a new climbing apparatus with several slides, a tire swing set and a swing set.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 A company from Humboldt called 1 Stop Playgrounds Ltd. received the equipment on November 1, and worked well into Monday night to ensure the apparatus was set up by the day of the presentation.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淩ichardson is proud to support the Good Spirit School Division Playground project,鈥� said Harrison in a statement after the presentation. 鈥淲e understand that a key part of our enduring success is the strength of the communities in which we do business, like Canora.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Harrison added that he felt it was important to support the donation because it directly impacts the well-小蓝视频 of kids in the area and provides them with a fun and safe environment.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The Canora Junior Elementary School playground project鈥檚 donation was made possible through the Richardson Foundation, Richardson Pioneer鈥檚 charity fund. The Richardson Foundation donated over $1.65 million in 2015 to support 70 community project and organizations across western Canada, said Harrison.
