Getting ready for the games

Shannon LeClair
Times Reporter

 

Colleen Huber, Games manager, and Donalda Ledene, board chair for the Strathmore 2015 Alberta 55 plus Summer Games committee, updated council on some of the events coming up, and the money raised to-date.
With the current sponsorship, partnership contributions, fundraising and grants on Jan. 21 the committee was sitting at a total of $693,106.14 raised.
Some of the fundraising events to come include the NHL/Calgary Flames Alumni hockey game on March 15.
“This is going to prove to be a lot of fun, I think, of our community. It’s never been had here and probably won’t be had again for a while anyway,” said Ledene.
The plan is to gradually reveal which players will be coming. There will be an opportunity for three Strathmore residents to win a bid to play with the alumni. There’s also a shot to bid to be the coach for the day.
If you haven’t bought in yet, there’s still time to get your ticket for the Dream Vacation Raffle. There have been 2,000 tickets printed and each person that buys one for $100 gets 12 chances to win a $5,000 travel voucher.
“It’s a travel voucher so you can go wherever you want with this, it’s not a preplanned trip,” said Ledene.
The draw will be held on April 21.
May 30 is the Easy Going Golf tournament. Ledene said you don’t have to be a golf pro to play, anyone of any caliber is invited to come out and spend a day on the links.
Lastly, one event many people are already excited for is the Beatles tribute concert being held on June 20.
All upcoming events, zone playoff results and more can be found on the website at 2015strathmoregames.ca
Tracy Simpson, community services coordinator for the Town of Strathmore, made a presentation to the Games committee following the report from Ledene and Huber.
“On behalf of the Town of Strathmore we would like to provide some financial contributions to the Games to make sure they are a success and so today we would like to present the Games with $131,000. This money is going to go towards paying the staff wages so that the event is run smoothly, is organized and successful,” said Simpson.