The Carlyle Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion held its annual Christmas supper and meeting on Dec. 14. After a lovely turkey supper, with all the trimmings, we made some significant financial presentations to organizations in the area.
Our first presentation was to the Arcola Family Health Clinic. Clareen Makelki and Jack Wilson presented the cheque to Debbie Bourhis for $5,878.61, thanks to funds raised during the poppy campaign.
This was a very precise amount as it will purchase a C3 HD3 wireless ultrasonic scanner and all the necessary software to make it function. This scanner has a myriad of purposes, which include abdominal, cardiac, lung, obstetric-gynecologist and vascular scanning, among others. Physicians in the clinic feel this will be an important tool for diagnostic purposes.
The second presentation was to the Manor Over 60 Club. Wendy Rounce and Jack Wilson presented a cheque in the amount of $1,000, also from funds raised during the poppy campaign to purchase a dishwasher.
The dishwasher is of great value to the Manor Over 60 Club as they provide meals to seniors, veterans and veterans’ spouses in the Manor area.
Our final presentation was to two young Carlyle men, Liam Thompson and Sawyer Tomaszewski. Each received a cheque for $250 to help pay for their attendance at a legion-sponsored track and field camp. Gerald Clark and Mike Makelki made the presentations. These funds were from the legion’s general funds, and not from the poppy funds.
Before the presentations, Nedra Clark invited the young men to give us a briefing on their time in the track and field camp. The camp was a four-day event at the University of Regina, and they both discussed the events they participated in, the events that they tried which were unavailable locally, and their enjoyment of the experience.
In addition, after the supper and presentations, the legion held a regularly-scheduled monthly meeting. At this meeting, we welcomed a new member, Steven Hoey.
We also welcomed the transfer to the Carlyle branch of the membership of Les Trayhorne, who is the deputy district commander. We would like to take this opportunity to offer a warm welcome to both.
Those of us who attended would also like to thank the comrades who prepared out lovely Christmas supper
The Carlyle branch of the Royal Canadian Legion would like to thank all those in the community who have donated to the poppy fund and to the legion general fund. Without your generous donations, we would not have been able to make the presentations that we did.
We would also like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year, full of joy, peace and freedom for which our veterans sacrificed so much.
