A luncheon and official opening is scheduled for the beautiful new multi-purpose courts at Drumheller Valley Secondary School.
The lunch is a thank-you to all the donors, and anyone who contributed in any way, and will be held Friday, October 3, at 1 p.m. at the school to officially launch the new RCAF Athletic Park.
The signs should be installed within the next week and finishing touches on the site are underway.
“It’s total is $300,000 plus,” said Barb Travis, Friends of DVSS, said of the project total.
Travis said the Town of Drumheller and staff contributed more than $100,000 as an in-kind donation of work, equipment and labour.
Travis said without the partnership of the town, the Friends Society would have had to raise the additional funds.
“It started by Friends of DVSS, but we couldn’t have done it without all the support we received,” said Travis.
The multi-purpose courts started off as a basketball court initiative at the high school, but the end result is much more - the ability to provide a place to play for basketball, tennis, and pickleball.
“We’re satisfied with what we have,” said Travis, “and we think it should last a full ten years.”
Travis said the courts are being locked, and opened when they need to, partly due to vandalism concerns after the Titans football area at the school was vandalized Sunday.
Friends of DVSS began in 2003, said Travis, as a way to assist the school with programs and funding for projects such as the weight room and folding bleachers at the school.
Travis said the group does a casino every two and-a-half years to help with the funding of the projects they select.
