Legion receives $5,000 cheque from Farm Credit Canada

Farm Credit Canada representatives presented a cheque for $5,000 to Clarence Kieffer on Friday, October 31st. The funds were used to purchase specifically designed carts (shown in photo) to hold the heavy modular racking system that displays the large collection of military artifacts for the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 102 Walkerton’s annual Honour a Hero display.  The money comes from the Farm Credit Canada’s AgriSpirit Fund which is all about enhancing rural communities.  Included in the photo are volunteers that were in attendance to help set up the display which is open until Saturday, November 8th at the Walkerton Legion.  It’s interesting to note that it takes approximately 1,900 volunteer hours to organize, set-up and display the approximately 20,000 historical military artifacts and memorabilia.

Front row (left – right): Frank Weiler, Marlene MacDonald, Cathy McNeil, Rob Dentinger, Casey Zorgdrager, Tim Hawkins. Back row: Rob Sweiger, Marv Reid, Jane Lang-Mawhinney from Farm Credit Canada presenting the cheque, Clarence Kieffer accepting the cheque, Dana Kieffer from Farm Credit Canada, Maureen Schmidt, Tim Meyer, Edward Agnew, Don Clark.   – Town Crier photo