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A Chatham-Kent resident is adding conservation to her daily recreation.

Kayaker Sally Joyce has been cleaning up the rivers, hauling laundry bags full of garbage.

“I have always had deep respect for the natural environment. Even when I was a child, whenever I found creatures who died, I gave them a proper burial. Nature is a place I have gone to for my own peace of mind,” she said.

Joyce has seen egrets, Canada geese, green herons, and a lot of turtles around the local waters.

“So we’ve got to get (litter) out of the water, get it out of their habitat. If we live in harmony with them, they will stay around,” she said.

Joyce added she doesn’t know the scale of the litter problem in Chatham-Kent’s rivers but whenever she kayaks, can see plastic and garbage culminating everywhere along the shorelines.

She said it only takes 30 minutes to fill up one of her laundry bags, and she doesn’t have to paddle that far to find the garbage.

“It mainly gathers everywhere, especially where people think is a good hiding spot for their garbage,” she said.

Just south of Baseline Bridge in Wallaceburg, there is a lagoon by the dog park where Joyce has noticed some wildlife is trying to rehabilitate.

However, they share their home with single-use plastic water bottles and lighters. The rest is empty antifreeze or windshield washer canteens, pails of needles and lots of Styrofoam.

Plastic has killed some local turtles before and Styrofoam looks very enticing to creatures seeking out food, according to Joyce.

“My message to people would be to think before you buy. Do you need to buy that object with that much packaging?”

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Festival of Giving gears up for virtual fun, fundraising

By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com

The virtual Festival of Giving is literally only a few weeks away.

Sounds strange, doesn’t it?

But that’s the reality this year. The arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic earlier this year resulted in the postponement in the ever-popular Festival of Giving (FoG), a huge fundraising party for the Foundation of the Children’s Treatment Centre of Chatham-Kent (CTCCK).

For years, the annual event has raised more than $200,000 a year for the foundation. Funds raised by the CTCCK Foundation directly support therapy and services for the centre’s clients.

Instead of its traditional midApril time slot, FoG got pushed to mid-October; Oct. 17 to be exact.

And instead of 1,000 revellers coming together at the John D. Bradley Convention Centre, participants

will gather at home in their personal bubbles to take part this year.

Mike Genge, executive director of the foundation, said organizers have already sold in excess of 700 tickets for the virtual event, and look to sell more.

Stay-at-home revellers will each get a party bag. Included in the items will be gift cards for a sixpack of Sons of Kent beer, a six-pack of Bayside beer, a $10 gift card for LCBO products, $30 in goods from Schinkels’ Gourmet Meats gift, as well as bubbles (for the Bubble Party), and a FoG facemask.

On top of that is a ticket for a chance to win a new Mazda 3, courtesy of Chatham Mazda and the Lally Group.

There will also be a tax receipt for $100. Tickets are $175 each.

Genge said in shifting to the virtual FoG, he sought to support local businesses as much as possible.

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Chatham-Kent’s Sally Joyce searches for trash along the banks of the Sydenham River, while towing a bag of plastic items she has already retrieved. The local woman had been paddling around our waterways in recent weeks looking to remove refuse.

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“Could you have slowed down in the morning and filled a reusable bottle? We need to be responsible with our waste because waste kills.”

Joyce’s initiative had an impact on at least one Wallaceburg resident.

Sandy Baird was the one who spotted Joyce cleaning the Sydenham River and decided to snap some pictures and meet her in person to say thank you.

“Not only is she giving back to the community, but she is preserving the river for all of us to use,” he said Baird is also a kayaker who goes out with six or seven individuals every day to enjoy the waters.

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sales of kayaks and residents out on the waters have gone through the roof.

“So we need to provide for the rivers because they are clearly providing so much for us,” Baird said.

Joyce studied Environmental Studies at the University of Waterloo. Currently, she hosts workshops on connecting with nature, as well as writes and paints using inspiration from her outdoor endeavours.

She was born and raised in Chatham-Kent and her clean-up initiative is not just about tidying up the rivers. She is using her efforts to educate people and inspire them with ways to work on the outside world.

“Canada is a beautiful country with so many natural beautiful places. We should enjoy them and not harm them in any way,” she said.

Joyce doesn’t do her clean-ups on a regularly scheduled basis. She is however, hoping to get some sponsorships so she can organize an annual clean up. In the meantime, she plans to take her kids down to Rondeau Bay to restore the area and plant some trees.

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Run goes virtual due to COVID-19

By Jenna Cocullo jenna@chathamvoice.com

Forty years after Terry Fox’s Marathon of Hope, communities are still feeling the impacts of his determination.

At least that was the case for Dresden residents, who did not let a pandemic stop them from raising cancer awareness and funds.

On Sunday, Dresden celebrated 25 years since its inaugural marathon, raising $25,000.

“We are thrilled and thankful,” said organizer Cindy Brewer.

In 1995, Brewer had three days to plan Dresden’s first local Terry Fox Run. One hundred locals showed up and $6,000 was raised.

Eventually, Dresden would go on to be known as one of Ontario’s most successful Terry Fox marathons. It raised the most money per capita three years in a row, and came in second place the last two years.

“People here just embrace the whole run.

There’s really quite a lot of small hometown pride,” she said.

Last year, second-place was earned with a total of $38,000 raised.

This year, there were 84

runners registered, and the $25,000 total is still climbing. Brewer said that more donations will be coming in, as some donors have opted to mail in checks due to the pandemic.

Terry Fox’s brother, Fred Fox, made an online video congratulating Dresden on its anniversary and for raising more than $640,000 in the past twoand-a-half decades.

“It means so much to our family and the Terry Fox foundation,” he said.

“You’re an amazing community with lots of Terry Fox spirit.”

COVID-19 has changed the way fundraising events are being hosted in 2020. This year, the marathon went virtual with the slogan “One Day, Your Way.” Participants signed up online and found routes close to their homes or hearts, where they walked, ran or cycled in isolation.

The money raised this year was an amazing feat given the current circumstances, according to Brewer, who is extremely happy with the virtual success, but not at all surprised.

“When it comes around, all participants just own it and we’re still sensing the

excitement this year. It really took off online.”

Brewer has seen a lot of cancer within her family, and looking at the progress made in treatments and research has given her hope.

“Terry has become like a member of the family,” she said.

Her favourite moment, after 25 years of organizing the Dresden run, was seeing how it has become a family tradition.

Children who were once doing the walk in a stroller pushed by their parents now sit on the committee and are carrying their own kids through the marathon. Brewer herself

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Dresden Terry Fox Run organizer Cindy Brewer takes part in the event on Sunday.

walked with her granddaughter born last Tuesday.

“To think we are part of a family tradition is a wonderful feeling to carry,” she said.

Brewer said the event continues to go strong years later, even in a pandemic, because Terry Fox’s values continue to resonate.

“I think the things he

accomplished have never been repeated, and his intentions were so pure and true. Any Canadian can relate to those values,” she said.

THE CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CHATHAM-KENT FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS FOR 2019 Consolidated Statement of Operations and Accumulated Surplus Year ended December 31, 2019 with comparative figures for 2018 (stated in thousands of dollars)

The entire 2019 Audited Financial Statements are available on our web site at www.chatham-kent.ca. Copies can also be obtained from Service Centres or by calling 519-360-1998.

2019

REVENUES

TAXATION AND USER CHARGES: Property taxation Payments in lieu of taxes from other governments User charges

$

Deduct amounts received or receivable for School Boards

FEDERAL GRANTS: PROVINCIAL GRANTS: OTHER INCOME: GAIN (LOSS) ON DISPOSAL OF CAPITAL ASSET TOTAL REVENUES

$

2018

185,217 $ 178,991 3,461 3,352 79,191 81,830 267,869 264,173 (28,681) (28,471) 239,188 235,702 7,093 9,908 118,306 114,984 13,121 11,316 (385) 515 377,324 $ 372,426

EXPENSES

2019 $

6,074 43,552

3,704 57,417

Accumulated surplus, beginning of year, as previously stated

996,890 $1,040,441

939,472 $ 996,890

2019

2018

$ 132,866 66,655 119 199,640 157,963

$ 118,146 76,730 677 195,553 134,876

881,976 100 402 882,478 $1,040,441

861,040 542 432 862,014 $ 996,890

Accumulated surplus, end of year

5,726 61,037 53,562 54,747 26,577 91,420 15,063 26,085 5,629 339,846 37,478

2018

General government Protection of persons and property Transportation services Environmental services Health services Social and family services Social housing Recreation and cultural services Planning and development TOTAL EXPENDITURES NET REVENUE (EXPENDITURE) before other items Other Items Income from subsidiary NET REVENUE (EXPENDITURES)

$

8,155 58,024 50,211 47,722 25,075 87,637 13,502 23,616 4,770 318,712 53,713

Consolidated Statement of Financial Position December 31, 2019 with comparative figures for 2018

2020-2021

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FINANCIAL: Cash Accounts Receivable Investment in Entegrus Inc Note receivable from Chatham-Kent Energy Inc. Note receivable from 2351839 Ontario Ltd Land held for resale Local improvements receivable Investments Other

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2019

2018

170,136 38,712 59,239 23,523 4,875 3,429 22,012 30,971 4,706 357,603

$ 149,639 32,269 57,798 23,523 4,875 3,929 21,985 30,000 6,411 330,429

LIABILITIES

Payables Debentures and note outstanding Deficiency in 2351839 Ontario Ltd.

NET ASSETS NON-FINANCIAL: Tangible capital assets Inventory Prepaid expenses

Accumulated surplus NOTES (1) Financial highlights reflect the operations, assets and liabilities of the revenue fund, reserves and reserve funds, and capital fund and includes the activities of all committees of Council and the following local boards, which are under the control of Council: Chatham-Kent Public Libraries, Chatham-Kent Museums, Public Utilities Commission for the Municipality of Chatham-Kent - Water / Wastewater Division, Chatham-Kent Police Services Board, Chatham-Kent Board of Health.

(2) These financial highlights were extracted from the 2019 Audited Consolidated Financial Statements.

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Reopening schools safely matters to everyone That’s why the government of Ontario has worked with health officials, school boards and educators to develop a comprehensive plan to keep kids and staff safe.

• Physical distancing measures will be implemented such as desk separation, signs, floor markings and one-way hallways.

• Face coverings will be required for staff and students in Grades 4-12.

• Hand hygiene will be enabled with hand sanitizer and hand washing.

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FoG supports local businesses

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That includes getting the partygoers to visit participating sponsors.

To get your beer, you must go to each brewery. To use the LCBO card, you must go to Erieau Marina, just around the corner from Bayside in Erieau.

“The best part is you’ll be shopping local to get everything,” Genge said. “We could have trucked in all the beer, but I wanted people to go shopping.”

Bubble FoG-gers will be able to pick up their party bags on the weekend of Oct. 3 at the Chatham Armouries, Genge said.

On the night of the event, at 8 p.m., gather in your bubble and connect via Facebook live to the party.

Genge said there would be music from a local band, a live auction and more.

“You can do it all from the comfort of your home,” Genge said.

“For a couple, that’s 24 beers, two

bottles of wine, $60 in food and two chances to win a car.”

For more information, visit the treatment centre’s website or call 519-354-0520 ext. 215.

Genge said the silent auction that usually takes place the night of FoG will now take place the week prior, and online. You don’t need a FoG ticket to bid on items either.

“On Oct. 10, we’ll start our online auction. We’ll have at least 200 items. We’ll be adding new items every day,” he said. “You don’t have to have a FoG ticket to participate in the online auction, but you will need to register to obtain an auction number.”

Genge said the online auction would wrap up Oct. 17 at 5 p.m. in advance of the live online party that evening.

Auctioned items will be available for no-touch pickup the following day at the Chatham Armouries, he added.

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When Chatham-Kent resident Kevin Moore saw a man trying to kill himself, he quickly came to the rescue.

Now that individual has a second chance.

On Tuesday the Chatham-Kent Police Service (CKPS) publicly recognized Moore for his efforts by awarding him a citation from the police services board.

A citation is awarded when someone has gone above and beyond.

“It’s very nice they did something like this, but it’s unnecessary. I did what anyone would do,” Moore said.

On June 4, Moore was walking alongside his niece and nephew who were bike riding near the Black Bridge, in a secluded area of Chatham.

Moore then noticed that a man was in the process of hanging himself on the barge. He quickly ran to his aide and lifted him up on his shoulders. The next events happened so fast he couldn’t remember the exact details.

“Either he took it off or it came off on it’s own,” he said.

What mattered was

that the man’s life was saved. Moments later, the CK police showed up after receiving a call of a suicidal man, but were at first unable to pinpoint his exact location.

“As a result of your courageous and quick thinking and efforts, your actions undoubtedly saved the suicidal male’s life,” said police Chief Gary Conn at the board meeting where outstanding residents and officers were recognized.

The Chatham-Kent officers gave the man first aid and he was taken to the hospital for treatment and evaluation.

Moore said he is unsure how the man reacted. As soon as the police took control of the situation, he quickly left to protect his young niece and nephew from the lingering image of what just happened.

Moore is just grateful he did not arrive a moment too soon and walked right by the potential life-ending event.

He is also grateful he did not arrive a moment too late.

“It was very strange I was at that exact place at that time,” Moore said.

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Chatham-Kent resident Kevin Moore, left, is recognized by Police Chief Gary Conn for his efforts in helping save a man’s life earlier this year. Moore received a citation at a recent Police Services Board meeting.

tham Coun. Amy Finn is still going above and beyond her duty even in retirement.

In June she was able to help a Chatham woman seek medical help after the woman had barricaded herself for three hours.

Given Finn’s new status, Conn felt it was most appropriate to present the Chief’s Commendation at Monday night’s municipal council meeting.

On June 27 frontline officers were asked to attend an address in Chatham to check on the well being of a woman who was suffering from paranoia and anxiety. The woman did not trust or like the police and would only speak to Finn.

Even when the police officers were able to enter the premises, she locked herself in the bathroom for three hours.

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“The female resident continued to make hostile and hallucinogenic claims to the officers who were on scene,” Conn said. “The female indicated she would only speak with retired CPS (sic) officer, Amy Finn.”

Finn was immediately contacted and agreed to help the officers out.

“She attended and spoke in a calm and reassuring manner with a female, and was able to gain her trust which convinced the female almost after three hours of police interaction to exit the bathroom and allow medical professionals to examine her,” Conn said.

The woman agreed

with Finn and attended the hospital to be checked further.

Officers on the scene said they could not have done it without the help of Finn.

“You are being recommended for Chief’s Commendation in regards to your dedication, professionalism, commitment, and community oriented partnerships, and it is further my pleasure to publicly recognize you for your selfless actions,” Conn said.

Finn humbly accepted the recognition at the virtual meeting.

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The Voice returns Yes, we are back in print!

It’s been almost six months since we last printed a copy of our paper.

And now we ask everyone for your help to ensure we continue to do so.

First off, be safe!

That means please maintain social distancing. Wash your hands frequently. Try not to rub your face.

For many, that also means wearing a mask, as mandated by Chatham-Kent’s mask bylaw at this time.

For those who can’t, and some who won’t, please keep your distance.

Chatham-Kent residents, for the most part, have done an amazing job at keeping our COVID-19 numbers low. Yes, there have been a few hiccups along the way, some by accident, some by ignorance, but those serve as a reminder that when your bubble expands, you can’t be certain where others have been, or more importantly, to whom they may have been exposed.

Whenever possible, don’t travel to urban centres with higher instances of COVID-19. There are flare ups, and please take note of where and try to avoid those areas.

As well, support local businesses, especially the ones who advertise in our paper. Yes, that is a selfish statement on our part, but helping to keep the local economy as strong as possible is crucial at this point in time.

Try to avoid shopping online where you send your hard-earned dollars to out-of-country conglomerates. If you keep the cash local, and there are plenty of online options for that, you help businesses that have been hit hard by COVID to remain in business, and continue to be able to pay taxes in our municipality.

Let’s be honest, Amazon does not drop a dime into Chatham-Kent. Parcel delivery services may benefit to some extent, but that’s about it.

And in terms of supporting businesses that support us, well, if you enjoy our paper, then you are telling them that their advertising is seen and appreciated.

And that helps us to be able to continue to deliver local news right to you.

It’s a special circle between readers, our newspaper and our advertisers. And we ask that everyone work to keep that circle complete.

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Opinion

Call for improved LTC staffing Editor: It is terrible, given the havoc of COVID-19 in our long-term care homes, but Ontario’s government has done little to address the chronic short-staffing and care shortages.

This staffing crisis exists in all of our communities. There is information that a second wave of COVID-19 is beginning with numbers of COVID-19 cases increasing in Europe, Ontario and across Canada.

Even before COVID-19, across Ontario, long-term care homes were painfully short-staffed every shift, every day. Then the COVID-19 pandemic hit.

Now the staffing shortage is a full-blown emergency.

The numbers are shocking. More than 5,500 residents and almost 3,000 staff have been infected by COVID-19 in Ontario’s long-term care homes.

Tragically, almost 2,000 residents and staff have died. Many died alone, without enough care, without staff time for emotional support.

Long-term care staff have had to fight for access to appropriate PPE and have worked in crisis-level staffing shortages that have only become worse during the pandemic. In Canada, we have seen the highest levels of death in longterm care homes in the

developed world. We cannot allow this to continue.

Despite repeated assurances from Doug Ford, the Ford government has taken no action to deal with emergency staffing shortages and inadequate care levels in long-term care homes.

No measures have been taken to get care levels up to a safe standard.

We are calling on Premier Doug Ford to take immediate measures to fix the workforce by improving wages, ensuring staff who want full-time hours are paid for full-time hours, to implement a minimum care standard of four hours of handson care per resident per

day, to stop the private, for-profit LTC industry from expanding further and to make long-term homes safe so that people can be recruited to work in them.

Our message is clear: Care for our loved ones cannot happen without enough staff to provide it.

There is no excuse for further delay. The conditions of work are the conditions of care.

Please call or e-mail Premier Ford and your local MPP and let them know this crisis must be addressed now.

Shirley Roebuck Chair Chatham-Kent Health Coalition

Mel Crew deserves to be remembered Editor’s note: This letter is addressed to municipal council.

Editor: I have been reading in the local news media about Bob Weedon and other notable people in our community who have had various parks, streets and such named after them in our communities.

With this in mind, I am wondering why the late Mel Crew has not had

his name by now enshrined in post life for his many years of service, first with the City of Chatham council and then the Municipality of Chatham-Kent?

Mr. Crew was involved in many activities in this community, outside of his work life, from being actively involved in the churches he attended, to leading sing-a-longs at

Christmas time for seniors’ Christmas parties, among the many things in which he was involved.

Mel was, I might add, also a family man. Mel would talk to anyone about municipal issues, regardless of their status or lack of it in the municipality.

It leads me to wonder, why by now, all these

years after his passing away, that Mel Crew has not by now had something named after him, a park perhaps, so that people would know that for a period of time, Mel was not just a member of but a leader in our Chatham-Kent community.

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According to the Chatham-Kent Association of Realtors (CKAR), 160 units changed hands last month, up 24 per cent from August 2019.

This was a new sales record for the month of August and was the highest level for any month in history.

On a year-to-date basis, home sales totalled 861 units over the first eight months of the year. This was down 4.1 per cent from the same period in 2019.

“August was another

record-setting month for Chatham-Kent real estate,” said Michael Gibbons, CKAR president, in a media release. “New listings continued, however, demand is so strong it effectively removes any gains made in supply, especially in the lower- to mid-price ranges. Consequently, the average sale price of properties rose to another all-time high, breaching the $325,000 level for the first time in history.”

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The more comprehensive year-to-date average price was $300,605, up 20.6 per cent from the first eight months of 2019.

There were 173 new residential listings in August 2020. This was an increase of 14.6 per cent on a year-over-year basis.

Overall supply, however, is at record lows. Active residential listings numbered 128 units at the end of August.

This marked a large decline of 49.4 per cent from the end of August of 2019.

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THE CHATHAM VOICE

Life

IODE delivers nutrition

By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com

Not even a global pandemic can prevent a local service group from helping to feed area students.

Members of the Capt.

Garnet Brackin IODE chapter recently donated $1,500 towards student nutrition in Chatham-Kent.

Sandra Smith, with the IODE, said the funding came from the chapter’s bingo association, which is tied to the Riverview Gaming Centre.

“Because we are unable to do fundraisers right now, this is coming out of our bingo association fund,” she said.

Smith added the IODE chapter budgeted to donate to the program, something it does every year.

Al Davies, with CK Public Health’s Student Nutrition Program, said the help is appreciated, even more so this year, despite some students staying at home to learn virtually.

“The funding is as important as it’s ever been.

Capt. Brackin IODE has been a longtime supporter of our program,” he said.

“What we’re finding this year, although the numbers at the schools are down, the need is significantly increased in that the kids that are coming to school, and perhaps before (COVID-19), they didn’t have the need because mom and dad were working. And now they are coming to school and that may not be the case.”

Davies added that local school boards incorporated student nutrition into their fall planning.

“Part of the school boards’ back-to-school plan was that there would be food at school for the kids. With the help of the IODE, we’re making that happen,” he said.

Every school in Chatham-Kent receives support from the program.

Marianne Johnstone of the IODE said school breakfast and snack programs, are not running at this time. Instead, the food is going directly into the classrooms.

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Manufacturing experience (factory work) an asset Must be comfortable in a fast-paced environment Must be able to stand for extended periods, do repetitive tasks & handle heavy loads (physically demanding) Attention to detail, excellent hand-eye co-ordination and manual dexterity essential Must be able to work as part of a team Good Attendance is mandatory

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Accommodations are available for all parts of the recruitment process.

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CK Public Health’s Al Davies, left, accepts funding support for the student nutrition program from Capt. Garnet Brackin IODE members Marianne Johnstone and Sandra Smith. The $1,500 will help put food in classrooms across the municipality.

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Chatham-Kent police say they’ve pulled out $7.3 million in illegal marijuana from a greenhouse facility on Maynard Line.

On Sept. 16, members of the Intelligence unit exe-

cuted the search warrant at the facility.

Over a three-day period, police dismantled an illegal drug operation and seized thousands of marijuana plants.

Police say that due to the complexity of this oper-

ation, the investigation remains on going and charges are pending.

“This is a significant amount of drugs associated to an illegal drug operation,” Chief Gary Conn said in a media release.

“Our officers, including

Blood clinics still running

By Jenna Cocullo jenna@chathamvoice.com

The regional blood bank has a healthy inventory of blood thanks to donors who did not shy away from the clinic during the COVID-19 pandemic.

On Sept. 15, Canadian Blood Service (CBS) held a donation clinic at Chatham’s YMCA. The collection target was 115 units of blood.

“We’ve absolutely reached that target. Chatham-Kent is a very giving community,” said Marisa Gatfield, territory

manager, CBS. “Honestly, donors have really responded generously throughout the pandemic. We are very fortunate that people came out and donated the gift of blood.”

There are still appointments remaining for the Sept. 26 clinic, hosted at the WISH Centre, King Street, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The mid-October clinic is full, but 45 appointments remain open for Oct. 24.

Appointments can be booked at blood.ca, or CBS’ Give Blood phone app.

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