Fundraising success

Manny Everett
Times Contributor

 

The Friends of East Wheatland raised approximately $50,000 with their fundraising dinner, dance and auction on April 25, at the Hussar Community Hall.
The event was the latest in the group’s efforts to help cover the costs for enhancements for the new Kindergarten to Grade 12 school being built in East Wheatland. Located near the intersection of Highways 840 and 561, the new school will serve the East Wheatland area and the communities of Gleichen, Hussar, Standard and Rockyford.
With 300 tickets sold for the event, the Hussar Community Hall was filled with supporters for the project, which is already underway.
A highlight of the auction was the sale of a photo taken by Jason Knibb on the day of the groundbreaking. After some back and forth bidding, it was purchased jointly by Wade and Lorilee Dundas and East Wheatland School Trustee Alan Larsen for $5,000, which they donated back to be displayed in the foyer of the new school.
“I’m excited to see the action at the site and the progress every week,” said Golden Hills School Division Superintendent Bevan Daverne. “I’m eager to see the finished project with programming that will be unique to the area and will stand out in the province.”
The Master of Ceremonies for the evening, Wade Petersen, grew up in the area as well as taught in Hussar, Cluny and finished off his education career as principal of the Gleichen School.
“I’m the third generation of my family in this area and look forward to the fifth generation attending this new school,” he said.