Battlefords Trade and Education Centre Inc. has accepted a donation for a much needed gazebo at their new building.
BTEC received a donation of $5,000 from Wawanesa Insurance recently. Wawanesa senior business development representative Darlene Nadeau is seen along with executive director Mona Leece and Gerry Caron of Battlefords Residential Services Inc. at the cheque presentation Thursday.
“Wawanesa Insurance likes to support our local broker offices in the communities that they are located in,” said Nadeau of the BTEC donation. “We are happy to donate $5,000 towards that cause.”
The gazebo will be much welcomed by those BTEC clients who would like to enjoy the outdoors, but who are on medications and need to have a place where they can remain in the shade.
Territorial Alliance Youth Services built the gazebo and construction took place over the last month and a half, with the structure finally finished in the past week.
“This was a much needed fixture for our new building,” said Leece. She says a lot of the clients will take their lunch to the gazebo and eat it there.
The cheque presentation took place on the same day that about 25 staff of Notre Dame School were on hand volunteering for the day at BTEC. They were helping serve food, painting, taking clients for walks, and doing other activities.
Allan Senger, principal of Notre Dame, said it was their way of giving back to the community.
“Our theme for our school division is ‘serve,’” said Senger, and this was the venue they chose.
He noted the BTEC clients were very happy to see their volunteers help out. “They seem very enthused that we’re here, and it’s good to see.
