Regina Centre's Circle O'Friends

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CPC Regina Centre

National president Terry Clarke was a special guest at the 19th annual dinner and charity auction held at the Delta Regina hotel on November 8, 2006. There were 467 other guests in attendance and they helped the Regina Centre club raise more than $65,000 for the club’s special charities.

The main beneficiary of the event is Camp Circle O’Friends, a camp for children aged 6 to 18 and their siblings who have been afflicted by cancer. The camp operates on Lake Diefenbaker in June each summer and is one of the top rated oncology camps in Canada.

The camp offers a complete range of activities including a high ropes challenge course, trail rides, petting zoo, boating, fishing and swimming as well as lots of crafts and games. The camp is staffed by volunteers with a number of medical personnel from the Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon.

Last year the camp celebrated its 20th year of operation. The Regina Centre club members play a major role in the camp operation by helping to obtain equipment like golf carts, building special ramps for wheelchairs, and hosting a barbecue for the campers on the final day of the camp.

The club is also the primary funding sponsor for the camp. The Regina Centre members are very proud of their long and fruitful association with Camp Circle O’Friends. This year’s auction and dinner was chaired by Regina Centre members Jeff Lorch and Brent Walter.