Help H.O.P.E. “Scare Away Hunger”
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- Published on Tuesday, October 30, 2018
By Kailyn Hanke
NACI HOPE group
Did you know that 12.1 per cent of Manitoba homes face food insecurity every year? Well, NACI’s H.O.P.E. group is here to help this Halloween night.
Almost $3,000 raised for mental health
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- Published on Tuesday, October 30, 2018
Submitted photos. Left: Diane Martin (right) presented a cheque to Charmaine Brown, staff person with Project 11, on Sept. 28. Right: Diane Martin presenting a cheque to superintendent Jason Young, Oct. 11.
By Cassandra Wehrhahn
Neepawa Banner & Press
It has been confirmed recently that Miles for Mental Health collected a total of $2,800 this year, which committee member Diane Martin states is twice as much as last year. From the $2, 800 figure, $2, 300 has been donated directly to Project 11, a mental wellness organization that teaches positive coping skills, focussing of the mind, increasing self-awareness, and how to build positive relationships; and $500 to the Beautiful Plains School Division (BPSD). All proceeds will be used to provide training in Project 11 workshops and programs, and/or to provide BPSD students with Project 11 programs.
Next year’s event will take place on Aug. 25.
Neepawa COPP donates AED to Budz ‘n Bloom
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- Published on Tuesday, October 30, 2018
Photo by Gord Gilbertson. Pictured (L-R) CST Jens Houwen, Donna Gork-Todoruk, Len Pritchard and Brien Walsh.
By Eoin Devereux
Neepawa Banner & Press
When there is a medical emergency and every second counts, access to an automated external defibrillator (AED) could be the difference between life and death. With that in mind, Neepawa’s Citizens on Patrol Program (COPP) has donated one of these important mobile devices to Budz ’n Bloom Daycare Centre. For now, the AED unit will be stationed at the current daycare facility at 101 Hamilton Street, but it will be transferred to their new location along Mountain Avenue once construction is completed.
Stepping up to the challenge
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- Published on Monday, October 29, 2018
Submitted photo. Brian McCannell, newly appointed president of the Neepawa Yellowhead Centre.
By Cassandra Wehrhahn
Neepawa Banner & Press
The Neepawa Yellowhead Centre (YHC) has a new president, elected by acclamation at their 7:00 p.m. AGM meeting on Monday, Oct. 15. After four years, Darian Major is stepping down from the president’s seat after the end of his term to welcome a fresh face, Brian McCannell, to the position. Typically presidency ends after three years, but Major stayed on, with the board’s approval, for an additional year to smooth out a transitional period.
The show goes on
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- Published on Monday, October 29, 2018
By Banner Staff
Neepawa Banner & Press
As the Roxy Theatre enters its 30th year of community ownership, the Neepawa Theatre Centre (NTC) board of directors has reason to be optimistic. On Oct 15, the NTC, the volunteer board that owns and operates the Roxy Theatre, held its annual general meeting.
