The Portage Rotary Club held its luncheon Tuesday and presented two cheques to local services. Guy Moffat, chair of community services, says it's been a long time coming.
"It was nice to finally get the money where it belongs," Moffat explains. "Quite a number of years ago we partnered with Portage Community Revitalization Corporation, and we've done two different Jail-And-Bail fundraisers. The first fundraiser was specifically raised for Active Transportation, and the second was split between Active Transportation and (Portage) Parks (Committee)."
Steve Hildebrand, chair of Portage Parks Committee, says he received $2,788.32 to go toward their continued work on parks. Active Transportation was the second recipient, and chair Ann Marie MacIntyre and retired teacher Heather Bruce said the amount they received, totalling almost $14,000 dollars, will be used for their programming.