Support continues in Wyndham

Times Reporter 

 

Support continues to come in for those affected by last months flood in the Carseland-Wyndham area. On July 15 the Carseland Lions donated a cheque for $4,000 to the Global Legacy Foundation, which is a non-profit organization that stemmed from the Global Training Centre.  

“This is as local help as we can give. It’s amazing all the work that they have done and are still doing,” said Carseland Lions President Bert Dunsbergen.

“The purpose of starting the Global Legacy Foundation was to reach out to our community, teach safety and it’s all based on safety initiatives and helping families who are in need. Everything is based around safety, and when we started working down in Wyndham and created ‘The Friends of Wyndham’ we were of course getting people who wanted to donate and we weren’t sure how we were going to go about doing that,” said Angela Beemer, editing department supervisor for Global Training Centre. 

“It actually fit really well to go with our non-profit, so we’re actually going to be funding ‘Friends of Wyndham’ through the Global Legacy Foundation.”

There was a crew down at the site still lending a helping hand on July 16 at the Parkside Campground owned by Penny Reiterer. The campground is Reiterer’s livelihood, and the crew is hoping to help her get it operational as soon as possible. 

Beemer said things are going as well as they can be down there at this time. Phase 1, which included demolition, has happened, and as much mud cleanup as can be done is done.

“We’re just waiting on a lot of families now to assess what they need from this point on, how long will it take before they can start rebuilding, preventing mold, that kind of stuff is what’s going on right now,” said Beemer. 

The support like they have gotten from Carseland Lions, will be instrumental going forward in helping the families in Wyndham. Beemer said Global Training Centre is about to go into Phase 2 but first will let the families have some time to recoup and just breathe. 

A crew will go back down in a few days or so and meet with each family and ask them what they need to rebuild, said Beemer. The crew will ask where the families are at in terms of dealing with flood damage. What kind of help and assistance can they get from the community? Where the families get their funding figured out and find out if they even get any funding support and when it will be coming in?  

“The community donations and volunteering for phase 2 is really important, that’s where we’re going to be asking for a lot of help from the trades, electricians, and plumbers, and furnace and HVAC and all them guys,” said Beemer. 

“That’s where this money from the Carseland Lions will be allocated, it will be for Phase 2 and any donations that come in are all allocated for Phase 2. All the money will be divided equally amongst the families of course, but we want to determine where their main needs lie.”

Donations have been coming in, and Beemer said she is hoping that they keep coming in so that the families can get as much help as they can.

More information about the foundation and how to help can be found by going to http://www.globallegacyfoundation.org.