The Mapleton Splash Pad Committee, consisting of members of the Drayton Rotary Club and the Drayton Kinette Club, has announced its latest series of fundraisers for the planned Mapleton Splash Pad.
Approval of the project came at the Mapleton Township council meeting on Aug. 8. Along with the approval, a site in ABC Park in Drayton was also chosen. The Splash Pad Committee is moving forward with fundraising events.
The first planned fundraiser is a Make, Take & Donate DIY Back to School Chalkboard Night hosted by the committee.
The event will be held on Aug. 30 at the Drayton Chophouse beginning at 7pm.
To register for this fundraiser, contact Lorrie Spaling at 519-998-2154 or Erica Klassen 519-292-6728. More information will be available on the Mapleton Splash Pad Facebook page. Early registration is suggested as space is limited.
On Oct. 1, raffle tickets will be on sale for numerous prizes, including a 50-inch television. Committee member Lorrie Spaling confirmed in an email to the Community News that two tickets for the Jan. 2 Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Tampa Bay Lightning NHL hockey game will also be one of the prizes available to be won. Information will follow on additional prizes as they become available.
The raffle draw, a committee fundraiser, will take place on Nov. 18 at the Mapleton’s Got Talent Show. Tickets are available from members of the committee, Drayton Rotary, Drayton Kinettes, Drayton Kinsmen and Drayton firefighters or online at mapletonsplashpad@gmail.com and on Facebook (themapletonsplashpad).
Local talent will be featured in the Drayton Rotary Club’s annual Mapleton’s Got Talent Show.
The show is scheduled to take place at the Drayton Festival Theatre on Nov. 18, beginning at 7pm. Admission is by donation, with proceeds going to the splash pad.
Any local residents interested in taking part in the show are asked to contact Spaling at 519- 998-2154.
In the spirit of the Christmas season, the committee is hosting a Small Town Christmas on Dec. 9 in Drayton. The event is to include a live reenactment of the Christmas story along with carollers, a craft booth, mini petting zoo, letters to Santa, hot chocolate and hot apple cider.
More details about these events and other fundraisers will follow as they are finalized.
Any business, group, organization or individual who would like to sponsor or donate to the splash pad are asked to contact Spaling or email mapletonsplashpad@gmail.com or on Facebook (themapletonsplashpad).
At the Aug. 8 meeting, Mapleton Township council authorized staff to work with the Mapleton Splash Pad Committee and Openspace Solutions Inc. to build the splash pad, at the budgeted cost of $226,755, plus applicable taxes.
While the township will act as purchaser on the project, the committee will contribute the bulk of the cost from fundraising efforts.
A staff report by public works director Sam Mattina noted the committee was awarded $5,000 from the municipality’s 50/50 project fund for 2017 and the group plans to apply for another $5,000 in 2018.
The committee is aiming to break ground on the facility in the spring of 2018.
