BoatUS Offers $2000 to Help Vandalized Winnipeg Yacht Club
Something very sad recently happened to a small boating club in Winnipeg, Canada: The Redboine Boating Club was vandalized.
Due to floods in the last decade or so, the non-profit Redboine Boating Club is the last club remaining (of eight) on the river for Winnipeg residents. It is a great community asset by providing critical boating access and launch ramp services, hosts the Winnipeg River Rescue, offers the only fuel dock, and has given help and instruction to hundreds since its founding in 1950. Just two years ago, the club's 60 members renovated their clubhouse (view photos of the renovated club here), which sadly, is now in terrible shape.
BoatUS ran this story and said that they "…feel for our boating friends at the club, and would like to do something about it."
So, they did. They ran this story and have it on a Facebook page but a lot more help is needed, and deserved.
The club will need funds for clubhouse repairs as well for replacing tools and some supplies that were stolen (their docks cannot go back in the water without this stuff). If you'd like to make a small donation, you can send a check to: Redboine Boating Club, Attention Richard Watson (Certified accountant), 375 Stafford Street, Winnipeg Manitoba, Canada R3M 3W4. Or click here to donate via PayPal. If you choose the PayPal option, BoatUS has committed to a matching donation up to $2,000 US.
We should all thank the folks at BoatUS for taking such an interest in a Canadian club and applaud their attitude of wanting to help some fellow boaters in need!
