Time for the Fun Run again

The Morrisburg & District Lions Club CIC are partnering with the Play It Forward committee for the Fun Run described below: Funds raised will be directed to the playground and the splash pad, an integral part of the overall project plan.

On September 9th we will be hosting our 2nd Annual South Dundas Fun Run. This is a great opportunity to get out, get active and raise money for another great community project.  Some new and exciting changes for this years race include:

Register online by going to www.runningroom.com

click on link to go to registration page- http://www.events.runningroom.com/site/?raceId=8422

Free technical race shirt guaranteed to those who register by NOON FRIDAY AUGUST 31.

New Digital race clock to track finish times

New 2km & 5km course starting from the playground

For more information,  and to view the flyer, go to www.morrisburglionsclub.ca

 Other Information

Race Date: Sunday September 9th

5 km run/walk starts at 9:30am

2 km run/walk starts at 9:40am

On site registration will be accepted, (sorry but we cannot guarantee a free shirt)

Adults $25

Youth $20

Family $75

Thanks to this years generous sponsors:

KBD Transportation

Robert Jordan Construction

Horner & Pietersma

South Dundas Recreation

Michael Barclay Collins Barrow

Axis / Sybron Endo (Beavers Dental)

Please forward this email to all your friends and family.  (We'd love to double our attendance from last year:)

If you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact us!

We hope to see you there.

MORE PIECES FOR THE PLAYGROUND

Thanks to Jack Barkley, Wally Baker, Mick Mabo, Laurence Larocque, Ben MacPherson and Rosemary Laurin! They assembled additional pieces of park furniture and set them up in the playground. They put together:

2 benches, 2 tables, 1 frog critter can, 1 recycling canister with two bins.

Thanks to Donnie Lewis for letting us work in the arena and to Veinotte's for storing and retrieving the skids of furniture. If you see any of them around town when you are out and about, please thank! And by all means, enjoy the park this summer!

Kraft Cares

The playground might be covered in snow but the community project is still generating interest. Michael Domanko visited Courtney Maruno at the Kraft plant in Ingleside to accept a $1000 cheque from the Kraft Cares 2011 grant. A warm thank you goes out to the friendly folks at Kraft!

Donna Maruno (Kraft) & Michael Domanko (South Dundas Community Volunteer)

Mast Net completes Playground

Thanks to a stealth group of dedicated playground builders the Mast Net went up tonight. The kids won't believe their eyes when they see the newest climbing apparatus tomorrow! Thank you to all who braved the rainy conditions to place the final structure!

Morrisburg & District Lions Club joins the Camel Back Climber level

Enthusiastically supportive of the South Dundas Community Playground, the Morrisburg & District Lions Club donates $5000 to the project. Mike Domanko accepts the cheque from President Lion Bob Bechard. Thank you Lions!

Lloyd McMillan Equipment digs deep for the playground

Lloyd McMillan presents Jack Barkley with a generous donation for the playground. Lloyd and his crew helped out during the playground site prep with Jack. Thanks Lloyd!

WE DID IT

CONGRATULATIONS SOUTH DUNDAS!!  What an excellent day!


If you build they will come. And they did! South Dundas volunteers came out in droves to participate in the Playground Build. The first volunteer arrived at 7:00 am. By noon, the volunteer count had reached 247 and it didn't stop there.


It was amazing to see everyone come together. To see neighbour shoulder to shoulder with neighbour hauling wood chips, weeding gardens, assembling playground structures, pulling up interlock...It was simply inspiring to see a group of citizens work so hard to realize one common goal. 


THANK YOU to all who donated their TIME, TALLENT and TREASURE! Today was a testament to the community spirit and drive present in South Dundas!


Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better.  It's not.  ~Dr. Seuss