Crime Stoppers BBQ Fundraiser in conjunction with the County of Wellington Property Auction

SATURDAY JUNE 5TH, 2010

Crime Stoppers of Guelph Wellington held it`s 4th annual BBQ Fundraiser in conjunction with the County Property Auction on Saturday June 5th, 2010 at the Rockwood O.P.P. Detachment.

The weather was on our side and the BBQ went very well. Thank you to our annual supporters: Cargill Meat Solutions, Nestle Waters, and Keybrand. Our BBQ Fundraiser would not be a success without them!

Thank you to the Home Depot in Guelph for their wonderful donation of this lovely BBQ shown here.

Thanks to everyone who came out and thank you to the County of Wellington for allowing us to be the recipient of this year`s auction proceeds.

See you next year!

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1st Annual Mulch Sale Fundraiser

A HUGE SUCCESS !!

BANNER CREATED AND DONATED BY "Made you Look Designs"

Crime Stoppers of Guelph Wellington held it`s first 1st annual Mulch Sale Fundraiser on Saturday May 1st, 2010 at the plaza located on the corner of Imperial Road S., and Paisley Road in Guelph and most recently at the Centre Wellington Sportsplex, 550 Belsyde Avenue in Fergus on Saturday, May 15th. We sold out by 10:00am WOW!!  

Crime Stoppers thanks the community businesses and our partners for posting and distributing our flyers.

Crime Stoppers wants to recognize our community supporters who provided road sign coverage about our upcoming event.

YOU MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

Elliott Coach Lines; Fire Station #2, Guelph; Fire Station No.5, Guelph; Gencor; Marden Library; CW Sportsplex; Wellington Terrace; St. Joseph Catholic School, Ennotville Garage; Elora Racquets.   

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Guelph Police Service Open House

Guelph Police Service will be holding their annual Open House this year on May 10th and 11th, 2010 at their Guelph headquarters located at 15 Wyndham Street South.

Crime Stoppers of Guelph Wellington appreciates the support of the Guelph Police Service and will have a booth display available at their event.

Join in and learn what services are available to you in your communty.

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Fergus Lions Club Home & Leisure Show

Wednesday May 5th through Friday May 7th, 2010 marks this year`s annual Fergus Lions CLub Home and Leisure Show. Location, as always, is at the CW Sportsplex in Fergus. Due to space restraints, Crime Stoppers will not have a booth at the show this year. 

Look for us again next year!

Crime Stoppers of Guelph Wellington is a non-profit community based charitable organization that has been an annual participant of the Home Show since 2005.

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Crime Stoppers Trunk/Yard Sale

Unfortunately, we will not be holding our Trunk sale event as planned on May 1st. We will consider this event for a future date.

Instead, we will be holding our 1st Annual Mulch Sale event fundraiser, located at the plaza on the corner of Imperial and Paisley in Guelph. Please read on for further information under the Mulch Sale Fundraiser header.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

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Arresting Images OPP Exhibit

The Arresting Images OPP Exhibit was on display at the Wellington County Museum and Archives the week of March break - March 15 through 19th, 2010.

This is a travelling exhibit with a series of historic "mug shots" from various areas of Ontario of men and women in a great variety of crimes. This exhibit is open to the public and there will be a variety of theme days with activities for kids and their families who are visiting to enjoy.

Crime Stoppers of Guelph Wellington was represented on Monday, March 15th, and we thank every one who stopped by to ask questions and also give their input.

Thank you to Libby Walker of the Wellington County Museum for inviting us to participate the in the event.

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Award Presentation to Immediate Past Chair

At our January Crime Stoppers Board meeting a presentation was made to John Svensson, our immediate past Chair, by Randy Martyn who became our new Chair effective January 1st, 2010.

We would like to acknowlege John`s efforts over his three year term as Chair. John has been a great contributor to our program in it`s overall progression and successes. John has been a member of our Board since 2004. We welcome the opportunity to continue to work with John as a Director of our Board.

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Crime Stoppers Month

January is recognized nationally, as Crime Stoppers month. We provide special media coverage to support our program through local papers, radio and community cable television stations.

>>Magic 106.1 FMCrimestoppers - 01-06-10 - january.mp3

>>See attached:January is Crime Stoppers Month Nationally.pdf
>>See attachedCS of Guelph Wellington name change.pdf
>>See attachedwebtips-colour.pdf

Click here for letters of acknowledgement from the Commissioner for Ontario Provincial Police, Prime Minister of Canada, Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services, and Commissioner for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

>>OPP.pdf.pdf
>>PM.pdf.pdf
>>Correction.pdf.pdf
>>RCMP.pdf.pdf

We also request the support of local businesses, schools and service groups who are able to display a message on their road sign to inform the community about our program.  

For more information on how you can participate, please contact us by phone at 519-846-5371 or by e-mail at crime.stoppers@cogeco.net.

Thank you to our participants in this year`s Road Sign Campaign. We really appreciate your support for our community. 

Centre Wellington District High School, Puslinch Community Centre, Guelph Fire Stations located at Wyndham & Wellington and York & Victoria, Centre Wellington Sports Plex, Wellington Terrace, Elliott Coach Lines and Gencor.

Education and Career Fair

Date of November 24, 2010 is tentative....please check back.

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