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Huntingdon
Kraft Hockeyville 2018
OVER 9 MILLION VOTES IN TOTAL

Mona ROCHON Lucan, Ontario, the Big Winner
Huntingdon was not selected among of the
Canadians have voted more than 9 million four finalists to win the $250,000 grand prize.
times in support of one of the four finalists at The Huntingdon Promutuel Regional Arena
the Kraft Hockeyville 2018 contest, which won $25,000 in renovations, as did the other
ended on March 31st. We still do not know how two finalists. Added to the $443,000 offered
many votes were recorded for the Municipality by the government, nearly half a million
of Huntingdon. But the population has been dollars is still missing in order to change the
mobilized like never before! arena’s cooling system, which has reached the
end of its useful life.
People could vote unlimitedly for the city of
their choice. A voting centre was set up at the Never mind, the members of the organizing
Huntingdon Adult Education and Community committee of the contest in Huntingdon have
Center (HAECC) on Châteauguay Street in set up a crowdfunding campaign, whose goal
Huntingdon, and several computers were made is $250,000. At the time of writing, the pot
available to the citizens. People took turns amounted to $10,900 after a single campaign our valiant Huskies,” on the page of the In the wake of this movement, the
during the voting period, from March 30 at day. The Mayor of Sainte-Barbe wrote: “The campaign, which can be found by writing Maisonnette grocery store in Huntingdon also
noon to March 31 at 8:30 pm, casting hundreds determination, the strength of the number “Aréna régional Promutuel Huntingdon” in accepts donations from its customers. The
of votes each. Everyone was invited to come and a deep conviction that together the search bar of www.gofundme.com. All Southwest News will follow this campaign
with their tablets or cell phones to vote everything can happen … these are the donations, even the smallest, are accepted. closely, as the weeks go by. n
together in a festive atmosphere. reasons why I give to Promutuel Arena and April 5, 2018

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