GRAVENHURST LEGION DONATES $13,500 BACK TO 8 COMMUNITY GROUPS AT LAST NIGHT’S MONTHLY MEETING
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com
GRAVENHURST — Two food banks, four school breakfast programs, scouts and Muskoka’s army cadets have received $13,500 in charitable donations from the local legion.
Treasurer Lee Coles and president Lu Hoffman-Steiger handed out cheques to six of the eight grateful recipients at last night’s monthly general meeting of Branch #302.
Members had passed a motion at last month’s meeting and invited representatives to their next meeting, March 25.
On hand representing their organizations and accepting the money were:
- 2250 Muskoka Pioneers Cadets, Lt. George Lauer: $1,000
- Gravenhurst Against Poverty (GAP) Brian Purvis: $3,000
- Gravenhurst Public School, principal Kim Wiles: $1,500
- K.P. Manson Public School, principal Tim Clayton: $1,500
- Gravenhurst High School, teacher Kirsten Hamara: $1,500
- Beechgrove Public School, teacher Anna Racki: $1,500
South Muskoka Salvation Army, $5,000; and Gravenhurst Boy Scouts, $1,500, accepted their cheques separately.
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