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Haut-Saint-Laurent Melissa’s Sunshine Camp

THIRD ANNUAL FUNDRAISER RALLY ON SEPTEMBER 30

In the autumn of 2015, local non-profit a scavenger hunt of sorts until lunchtime. The According to MSC’s organizer and special ational activities throughout the year to
Melissa’s Sunshine Camp (MSC) hosted its rally is free and open to all, encouraging educator Sonia Viau, “The activity allows you families across the Chateauguay Valley. Such
first ever rally, encouraging locals to team up participants to make up teams of two to five to have fun while discovering the town of activities have been known to include
and explore the village of Huntingdon. The people and complete the challenges at Huntingdon in a whole new way—it also bowling, weekend and summer camps, movie
fundraiser was such a success that it will soon various pit stops around Huntingdon. Last encourages people to work as a team while days, seasonal parties, and field trips. (Most
host its third annual rally on the morning of year’s rally saw close to 50 people scouring educating them about the importance of our recently, the members of MSC were able to
Saturday, September 30th, kicking off at 24 the town in support of Melissa’s Sunshine organization.” In operation since 1993, participate in an overnight outing to Granby
York Street. The fundraising endeavour will Camp, an organization that works closely with Melissa’s Sunshine Camp now runs a Daily Zoo.)
take locals on a tour of the town on foot, bike the intellectually disabled. Activity Service for clients aged 21 years and
or rollerblade (and yes, cars are okay too!) on older while offering family support and recre- Founded by Mary Shewchuk, Sue Irving,
Lorrayne O’Connell and Nancy Gunion, the
organization is named after Shewchuk’s
daughter, Melissa. Originally operated
from their family farm in Hinchinbrooke
before moving to its current location at
24 York Street (Huntingdon Adult
Education Community Centre [HAECC]), the
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visit the organization’s Facebook page,
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r o f u c o d m s t n e . e t a l n i t h g u o r b before September 25th.
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