The Potton Valley Church in Mansonville organized a fundraiser to benefit the Red Cross\u2019 relief efforts in the Ukraine on April 9 with much success. Despite the heavy rain, the group served over 500 people and raised over $15,000.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs the day went on, it just never stopped. People were patient with having to wait in the rain sometimes on press points when we had lots of people, but we served over 590 plates of food,\u201d said Anne Stairs, member of the church. \u201cThen we made a cheque to the Red Cross for $15,119, the total amount raised.\u201d<\/p>\n
Stairs said that Vincent Jarry from Saint-\u00c9tienne-de-Bolton, the representative for the Red Cross, was \u201camazed\u201d by the number and referred to Mansonville as a \u201clittle community with a big heart.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe said, \u2018you know, this isn\u2019t Magog, you don\u2019t have this big population base.\u2019 Largely people from Mansonville, Sutton, Knowlton, English and French speaking, came in steadily all day long to support the cause,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
The group was hoping to serve a maximum of 500 meals, but exceeded its own expectations.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven at 500 meals we were like okay, so what are we going to do with the leftovers because we aren\u2019t used of dealing in that amounts,\u201d mentioned Stairs. \u201cThat was our outer limit, but we even went way passed that. We had lots of people, like weekenders, coming down through the area, who would just stop on the road and give money.\u201d<\/p>\n
Stairs said that she hopes to see the Potton Valley Church organize other events and other groups doing something similar in support of the Red Cross\u2019 efforts in the Ukraine.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Red Cross representative said that in the area, there weren\u2019t a lot of other activities planned. So, if anybody did want to do a fundraiser for the Red Cross the opportunity and the willingness is definitely there,\u201d she noted.<\/p>\n
While many thanked the Potton Valley Church for doing its part, Stairs emphasized that it could not have been made possible without the community.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe couldn\u2019t have done it without the community support so the big thank-you is thank you back, to the people who also saw it and said \u2018yeah,\u2019 because it wouldn\u2019t have been anything without people buying into it too,\u201d said Stairs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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