A group of Acute nurses from the Drumheller Health Centre, along with several other volunteers, have been doing some re-decorating in town this spring.
The Dino Arts Association has been getting lots of phone calls and messages thru social media to give the dinosaurs a new paint job. John Shoff, chair of the Dino Arts Association Committee, said one third of the entire collection of dinosaurs has gotten a repaint this spring.
“Some of the designs are the best I’ve seen to date,” Shoff said.
Shoff also mentioned that the Association has partnered with Drumheller Institution’s Inmate Work Release program to have them prime the dinosaurs prior to volunteers painting them.
Some of the volunteers who have helped to repaint the dinosaurs include, Renee Hall who repainted the teal/black/white dinosaur by Extra Foods, Kim Suntjens who painted the green dinosaur by Canalta Jurassic Inn. Courtney Bell and Josh Yemen painted the dinosaur by Valley Plaza black and orange giving it a fiery look. Boston Pizza’s dodo bird got a repaint this year as well by Cindy Clark. Karla Hutchinson and Heather Jones gave the dinosaur by Canadian Tire a skeleton look and the Riverside Value Drug Mart staff gave their dinosaur outside of the store a repaint. The acute care nurses painted the dinosaur outside 3rd Avenue Arts and Just You and I as a nurse dinosaur.
“I want to give a huge thank you to the many volunteer painters as they have really done an amazing job this year,” he said.
If anyone is interested in volunteering to paint one of the dinosaurs, contact Marley at the Drumheller and District Chamber of Commerce at 403-823-4100 or contact the Dino Arts Association Facebook page.
