A local firefighter represented Estevan and made a special presentation during the 2014 Prairie Firefighter Chapter Conference and Recognition Banquet in Edmonton on Nov. 7 and 8.
Deputy Fire Rescue Service chief Dale Feser took with him a $1,000 cheque, which he presented during the Muscular Dystrophy Canada Convention. The money was accumulated during the Estevan Fire Service’s in-house event during Fire Prevention week, during which $800 was raised by the community for muscular dystrophy, and topped up to $1,000 by the Estevan Fire Rescue Service.
“Currently what I’ve been asked to become for this area is an ambassador for Muscular Dystrophy Canada within our Fire Service so they invited me to attend the conference,” Feser explained.
The conference in Edmonton is largely about networking with other fire departments in Canada and seeking new fundraising initiatives for muscular dystrophy, he said.
Feser said his heavy involvement within Muscular Dystrophy Canada began when Tammy Reihl, fundraising and community development co-ordinator for Muscular Dystrophy, encouraged him to become a part of this initiative, believing he would be a good representative for southeast Saskatchewan. Feser ultimately embraced the new role.
“We have a few people who have been afflicted with this particular disease here in our city, so we want to make it known that we are here to support them and help find that cure,” he said, noting Riley Raynard, an avid stock car racer who has muscular dystrophy and a well known personality.
“It doesn’t hold him back at all, and we’re very proud to be associated with someone like him,” he said.
