Over 29 people participated in the FireSmart Clean-Up event today, July 14th, 2019. We need to give a big thank you to Gerry Fester, the Strata President for organizing the event today. He obtained strata approval, secured a trailer to haul the debris to the landfill and communicated with the Strata for volunteers to help make the day a success. Heather Fester made homemade cookies and served cold watermelon to the volunteers – Thank you Heather !
The FireSmart Committee assisted today advertising the event for volunteers to come out and help from the rest Community. We also provided vests, gloves, safety glasses, tarps, rakes and water.
The area cleaned was right opposite the hockey cabin and down on either side of the golf cart path towards Ridge 16 and the other way to the start of the Cottages (the area opposite Ridge 17). Branches on trees were laddered, deadfall removed from the ground, dead branches removed from the bushes and trees and many, many pine cones picked up.
We all worked for about 3 hours today. Some volunteers worked longer taking the last load to the landfill and a volunteer cleaned the path later in the day.
Two full loads were taken to the Vernon Landfill (trailer and truck loaded right to the top) so a lot of debris was hauled away today. Today’s event really shows what a Community can accomplish when working together – in just a few hours, a very large area was “FireSmarted”.
Thank you to all the volunteers who helped with the event today – the hours spent by you today will count towards applying for the 2019 FireSmart Community Recognition – We really appreciate your help and support !
Stay tuned for more details on our next clean-up event which is planned for an area in the Whitetail neighbourhood (likely late summer).
by….FireSmart Committee Coordinator….Kathy Pedersen
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