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RCMSAR has garnered a national award for Water Safety Program with the Kids Don’t Float iniative.  A number of new kiosks have been added in the last two years across the many stations.  Leading the way has been our program here on Shuswap and Mara Lakes.  See our page ‘Kids Don’t Float – But PFDs Do!’ to get our complete listing of kioks.

Rob Sutherland, our Station Leader, received the National Merit-Leadership Award from the Canadian Coast Guard at the Annual SAREx event held in September of 2018 in Metchosen, BC.

The Leadership Medal is for members who have maintained an outstanding level of performance and/or achievement over a period of time to further authorized activities of the Auxiliary.

In particular, Rob’s nomination noted the following areas of Leadership:

Recruitment     Training    Acquisition of Equipment and Resources      Operational Readiness    Fund Raising    Community Awareness

Congratulations Rob!

See the whole story at Salmon Arm Observer. Click on picture below.

Community steps up after Kids Don’t Float station vandalized

Working together, a number of agencies including RCMSAR 106, CSRD and the Ministry of Transportation supported the Seymour Arm Community Association to get a Kids Don’t Float Kiosk installed the day before their Annual Swim Across the Lake event on July 27th.  Thanks to the coordination of Diane Beebe and Dianne Young – great Teamwork!

It took some time, but perseverance by the Swansea Pt. Community Association has resulted in the installation of the 13th Kids Don’t Float Kiosk on Mara and Shuswap Lakes.  Thanks to the leadership of Karen Warrington to make this project successful!

Waterways Houseboats have again made a significant contribution of $12,500.00 to Shuswap Lifeboat Society.  this donation will be used for general operations and safety equipment for our vessels.

Thank you Waterways Houseboats.

Pictured are Colleen Anderson of Waterways, Fred Banham, Dave Harvey, Rob Sutherland (receiving cheque) and Allen Langworth from RCMSAR 106.

The Knights of Columbus, Council 7107 in Salmon Arm, gave a donation of $500.00 on Wednesday April 18th.  This donation will be used for safety equipment on our vessels, especially the new acquisition Tolonen.

THANK YOU TO THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS!

Pictures are Bruce Weicker, Shuswap Lifeboat Society, Eugene Casavant and Ken Nowicki from the Knights of Columbus.

In addition to the previous blog about Askew’s donation, here is a story that appeared in the Salmon Arm Observer (on-line edition).  At the end of the story is a link to a video clip.  Thank you Jim Elliot of Eagle Valley News.

Observer Story & Video Link

On Thursday morning, April 5th, four Askew’s employees (Dan Tingey, Cheryl Matte, Shana Phillips & Shawna Somers) traveled to Sicamous to present a cheque in the amount of $6,048.00 to Rob Sutherland of RCMSAR 106.  These funds are a donation from the employers of the Downtown and Uptown Askew Stores in Salmon Arm.