The co-chairs have been announced and a number of volunteers are now in place for the 2018 Saskatchewan Winter Games coming to North Battleford.
The appointments were made in a resolution passed April 25 at city council. They are: North Battleford Host Committee Co-chair Rob Rongve, Special Advisor to the Committee Doug Silvester, Athlete Services Co-chair Bruce Friesen, Food Services Co-chair Rhea Good, Security Co-chair Insp. John Sutherland, Marketing and Promotion Co-chairs Ryan Bater and Nathaniel Puffalt.
As well, the following have volunteered to work at specific locations at the games: Diana Griffiths, Audrey Trach, Glenn Rubidge, Colleen Sabraw, Kelly Villeneuve, Philip McGee, Abdul Basit Siddiawi, Kim Frolek, Cheryl Stewart-Rahm and Karen Highton.
It should be noted Mayor Ian Hamilton will be sitting on the committee in an ex officio capacity and City Manager Jim Puffalt And Director of Leisure Services Bill Samborski are the city representatives.
This is the initial group of appointments.
“We’re going to need a lot more people,” said Puffalt.
“So this is the initial start of the people that volunteered. In essence we accepted everybody that volunteered because we’re going to need lots and lots.”
The plan is to meet with the initial group of co-chairs over the next couple of weeks, and continue efforts towards getting more volunteers.
Puffalt estimated another 15 more co-chairs are needed as well as more volunteers for the various events.
