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.
After years of dedicated service, John has chosen to retire for health reasons. For the complete story about John, CLICK HERE .
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.
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.
Photos of Tolonen in Action. To see the real action, click on the links below, download and open the clips, or go to our Video and Podcast Links page.
RCMSAR HQ has achieved an exciting milestone in that the World Maritime Rescue Congress 2019 website (www.wmrc2019.com) is now live. As you might already know RCMSAR in hosting the Congress in Vancouver 15-18 June 2019 and our RCMSAR Station 106 Shuswap is proud to support it through our volunteer members. The Congress website is also linked through our www.rcmsar106.ca
Check out the page for the Congress and watch for updates!
Click on the link below to see what we have been up to this year!
2017 Summary of Activities and Projects
Pictured here are two of our donors. It is through support such this that we are able to operate on Shuswap Lake. Thank You!
The Community Gaming Branch has recently announc-ed that Shuswap Lifeboat Society has received a grant in the amount of $143,400.00 for the modification and refit of the “new to us” fast rescue vessel, Tolonen. A refit is usually done every 10 years according to RCMSAR Policy. Given the transfer of the Tolonen to Shuswap, it is best to undertake the refit portion now, rather than wait for another 2 years. The modifications being done are to make the vessel more suited to the missions here on Shuswap Lake. The focus of this upgrade is the patient care area located in the bow of the boat.Plans are underway to begin this work immediately so as to have it ready for service in the spring of 2018. All the work is scheduled to be done in Sicamous. Rob Sutherland, our Station Leader, is charged with overseeing the project.