the Cariboo Advisor Wednesday, February 8, 2012
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DRY: Grad
Low volunteer numbers jeopardize safe celebration Courtney Taylor Cariboo Advisor For more than twenty years, parents, friends, family and community members have worked to put on Dry Grad for the graduating class in order to keep Williams Lake teens safer. “Our main goal is to keep the kid’s safe,” said Betty Turatus, the Chair of the Dry Grad Committee this year. “I was personally affected the year I graduated and for the last eight years have been involved in planning the evening to make sure the kids are safe.” Turatus said it’s not just about raising money, but about getting people in the community to volunteer their time the night of grad. “It doesn’t matter if it’s a graduating class of 300 or 700 – we still need 300 volunteers that night,” said Turatus. Turatus did say at this point Dry Grad could be drastically reduced if more volunteers are not found, and she said
every volunteer needs to have a criminal record check done which needs to be done by March 9. “Everyone who volunteers during ‘lockdown,’ which is 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. needs to have a criminal record check,” said Turatus. “They can be picked up at both high schools and TRU, but need to be dropped of at the Williams Lake RCMP detachment.” Turatus said the two big committees that are still low on volunteers is the food committee who only has about five members but needs closer to 30 and the security committee who has around 20 volunteers but needs closer to 70. “We are having a general meeting on Feb. 29 at 7 p.m. in the TRU cafeteria for anyone who may be interested in volunteering,” said Turatus. She said people need to realize it’s our children who are graduating – though they may not be our children literally but they may be a
neighbour, an employee, a niece or nephew and we need to keep them safe. “We need people – both student’s parents whether it be Grade 12 or Grade 11’s and the community to step forward and help,” said Turatus. Upcoming fundraising events for Dry Grad include a table at a Ladies Night Open House at Chilcotin Road on Feb. 17 where they hope to sell Save-On more gift cards, chocolates and coffee, they will be manning the concession at the Men’s basketball tournament Feb. 25 and 26, they will have DeVry plants for sale in the spring, and will be having a Mother’s Day flee market in the SaveOn parking lots. On top of these upcoming things that are on their
fundraising wish list, the grads are currently selling Purdy’s Chocolates. Also Turatus reminds everyone that they can donate their Save-On
More points to Dry Grad as well as they do have an account at Amanda Enterprises. To find out more about upcoming fundraisers and when all
the meetings are there is a new option this year for those interested with the dry grad website, which can be found at www.wldrygrad,ca.
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