聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 Richardson Pioneer reps in Lampman had the opportunity to celebrate the beginning of spring 鈥� despite a little snow 鈥� by donating $25,000 through the Richardson Foundation to the Lampman Pool.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The Richardson Foundation is focused on 鈥渉elping create sustainable futures for registered Canadian charitable organizations in the Visual and Performing Arts, Education, Youth Initiatives, and Environmental Issues,鈥� the mission statement explains online.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 They have supported various community initiatives as well including splash parks, playgrounds, sports fields, arenas, community halls, and volunteer fire departments.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Local Richardson Pioneer Manager in Lampman, Trevor Woroniuk, added, 鈥淭he Richardson Foundation is in place for efforts like this. Applications are sent in and those on the Foundation meet every three months to go through the applications and decide who and how much.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 For the Town of Lampman and R.M. of Browning, a donation of this magnitude from Richardson Pioneer to the Lampman Pool (a jointly operated entity by the town and R.M.) allows for upgrades that they had been hoping to fundraise towards.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Brittany Fox, Rec Director, explained, 鈥淭here are a few upgrades that we鈥檙e working on. One of the largest projects is to replace the pool liner 鈥� this will be our last season with the original pool liner 鈥� 24 years, which is longer than average for pool liners.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淭he company that did the original pool is going to be coming back to do the upgrade on the liner.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The Pool Committee organized efforts to fundraise previously and were able to have the kiddy pool liner replaced last spring. Their efforts in fundraising now were focused on the pool liner, but they are also looking at other upgrades as well if they are able to get the funds in place.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淚f we鈥檙e able to raise enough funds we would like to get new flooring in the pool house, new deck material at the deep end, a slide, diving board, and a new guard chair,鈥� Fox added.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淭hank you for your support so far and we鈥檒l be looking to do more fundraisers to help with the costs of the pool upgrades.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The donation from Richardson Pioneer is a huge help in the Pool Committee reaching their goals.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淲e鈥檙e more than happy to support projects like this to help sustain small communities,鈥� Woroniuk stated.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 He added, 鈥淲e live and work in the community, so it鈥檚 important to give back.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Currently the Pool Committee is looking at smaller fundraisers like a Spring Potted Succulent Fundraiser, are looking at acquiring a screen to show movies at the pool throughout the season, and more.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淲e will hopefully be open June 1st,鈥� Fox said. 鈥淎nd it will be closed early this year, Aug. 7 will be the last day, so that we can replace the pool liner this fall.鈥�
