A message from Mr. Scott Ruttan, Sponsoring Committee Chair:

“Good morning all. Saturday was another successful bottle drive day. The turnout of Cadets, Parents & Staff was fantastic and the results were equally great. Mr. Hendriks will announce the results on Wednesday at the closing of the evening. Thanks to everyone who participated, and once again a huge thankyou to Mr. & Mrs. VanNoort for their generosity of supplying the facility to sort and the trucks to deliver. Without them the success of these drives would certainly be a lot harder to do & equal.”

I would like to add my own personal thanks as well. In particular to the parents who help by driving and sorting – thank you for taking the time to support your cadet in our program. And to those families where it’s simply an “all hands on deck” kind of day: thank you for giving up your family time to support your cadet family. We appreciate you! – Capt Palumbo

Saturday, 10 January 2015, 9am-4pm at the VanNoort Greenhouses at the corner of Hunter & Creek Rds in NOTL. Dress is CIVILIAN WARM with CADET TOQUE. Prepare to get cold and dirty, dress appropriately. Lunch will be provided for all cadets, staff, sponsors and volunteers.

Attendance is mandatory for all cadets. The $75.00 attendance cheque will be cashed if cadets fail to participate.

We will be collecting, sorting, loading and delivering bottles all day. Parents there are three ways you can help:

1. offering to drive cadets to pick up bottles,

2. stay and sort at the Greenhouse, or

3. meet the truck at the Beer Store in St. Catharines to unload the delivery.

These Bottle Drives are our single largest one-day fundraising initiatives for the training year. Without your help we can’t make our goals. Without the money they generate, we can’t offer the best possible program for our cadets.

If you are able to drive, please introduce yourself to CI NORMA RUTTAN – who will be running the drivers all day. You will need to bring your DRIVER’s LICENSE and a copy of your CAR INSURANCE to her for validation.

Let’s have a great fundraising day!!!