An upcoming fundraiser June 27 to help Camp Vincent raise funds for a new pool has moved locations.
Quality Pools in Chatham stepped up to help the St. Vincent de Paul Society build a new pool after the non-profit charity paid $40,000 to another local pool company and was left with nothing to show for it but a muddy hole in the ground. The signed contract stipulated the pool was to be built by June 2014.
The fundraiser will now be held at Quality Pools main store at 425 Park Ave. W., according to Chris Moore, general manager.
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The event will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and will include a 30-foot gorilla, fun house for kids, face painting, a charity barbecue, as well as music and live radio remotes with Blackburn and CKXS. QPS Heating and Cooling will be raffling off a barbecue, and Quality Pools will donate $250 from each hot tub sold between June 25 and 27.
Another local business, Shock Doctor, has offered help with electrical work and supplies for the pool project, and Tea Connection will donate $1 for every cup of Berry Berry tea sold from now until Labour Day to benefit Camp Vincent.
Moore said work on the new pool is progressing very well.
