On Thursday, Aug. 19, Arrowsmith Search and Rescue (ASAR) was the recipient of a $9,200 cheque from the charity organization 100 Oceanside Men Who Give A Damn.
The donation was presented by group representatives John O’Brien, Terry Kelly, Bob Cram, Kim Burden and Rudi Widdershoven.
Burden said the search and rescue organization was chosen during the most recent quarterly meeting, where members vote on which Parksville Qualicum Beach charity they would like to donate to. The sum of the donation was pooled together by each member giving $100.
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Burden said this was the first time that 100 Oceanside Men Who Give A Damn have donated to ASAR.
“Its important that we serve as many possible charities as we can over our 12 year cycle,” he said.
Ken Neden, a search and rescue manager, and Ken Peters, ASAR president, both stated that the money would be going towards the new operations centre at Qualicum Beach airport.