Chamber of Commerce President, Sean Lawlor went through the phone book calling on friends and businesses to help get a paddle to get off the boat.
Chamber of Commerce President, Sean Lawlor went through the phone book calling on friends and businesses to help get a paddle to get off the boat.It was a great success on the shores of Trout Lake Friday as the newly formed Rotaract Club of North Bay-Nipissing hosted thier first fundraising event in partnership with the North Bay Canoe Club titled 'Up the Creek Without a PADDLE.'
The event was in support of the Providing Adults with Disabilities Lifelong Experiences (PADDLE) Program had local politicians, business leaders and other community members stranded in a dragon boat on Trout Lake just off of Olmstead Beach where they had to earn their way back to shore by soliciting donations.
Members of the North Bay Canoe Club have also been collecting pledges for a spin-off event called PADDLE for PADDLE and will be paddling around the lake throughout the event in support of the program.
PADDLE is a growing, community-based program that provides adults with special needs lifelong learning experiences through academics, physical fitness, life skills education, recreation and leisure. To learn more about PADDLE visit www.paddlenorthbay.ca.
For Sara Rick the PADDLE program means time spent with good friends and the freedom to do certains things that she might otherwise not have an opportunity to do.
Rotaract is Rotary-sponsored service club for young men and women ages 18 to 30. It is Rotary’s most significant and fastest-growing service program, with more than 7,000 clubs in about 163 countries and
