Thanks to our partners

Dear Editor:

With the 30^th annual Townshippers’ Day behind us, I would personally like to extend my congratulations and thanks for a job very well done. Every year, T-Day seems to get better and better. This year, not only were there lots of people, but the vibes were great -- it truly felt like a gathering of Townshippers, young and old, French and English!

Special thanks to the Townshippers’ Day Ayer’s Cliff Organizing Committee, led by Dr. Mary Pearson and Elaine Batrie, who have been working hard for almost a full year to make T-Day a great success! Committee members were Peter McHarg, director of logistics; Julie Langlois, assistant for logistics; Salim Hashmi and James Kanner, Townshippers’ board members; Kate Wisdom, Townshippers’ staff support; Mike Goodsell, director of entertainment; Colleen Keet, director of children’s activities; Irene Humphrey and Lynn Wood, directors of seniors’ activities; Anaïs Renaud, director of the green team; and Patrick Proulx, Ayer’s Cliff town councillor.

Thanks also to Brenda Hartwell, editor, and Cathy Turner, staff member, for their hard work in organizing the Townshippers’ Day Arts Gala on Friday evening, launching Taproot IV: Poetry, Prose and Images from the Eastern Townships.

Our supporting partners helped made this event and Youth Townships possible. Thanks to Desjardins, the Department of Canadian Heritage’s Building Communities through Arts and Heritage program, RCGT and etfs.

We make special mention as well of the donors of the 288 (!) items for the silent auction – and those who bought them! The auction netted more than $3,500. And of course to the many thousands who attended, thanks for YOUR $2 parking donation.

The success of this event is a great vote of confidence in our Association but also in the vitality of the English-speaking community.

Here's to another 30 T-Days....

Sincerely,

Michael van Lierop, President

Townshippers’ Association