The devastating Bond Building fire in February caused the Dauphin HERO Club to lose the space they had been in for many years.
HERO Club navigator Jim Price says one of the great things about their new spot, the Youth Centre, is that it’s central.
“It’s a really bright, spacious location with lots of amenities, and it’s an integral part of the community. I think in keeping with the spirit of the HERO Club, which stands for helping everyone reach out, our new location will help us be seamlessly integrated with the community.”
Price says they’ll be holding a grand re-opening event in their new space at the Youth Centre at 10 in the morning this Thursday.
“We’re like a phoenix, we’re rising from the ashes.”
At the event, they are planning some opening remarks, a cake cutting ceremony, and Price asks that anyone with pictures from the past 25 years of the HERO Club bring them for a memory book.
The HERO Club is still working to get back to where they were before the fire, items wise.
With a permanent location, they are open to receiving non-monetary donations as long as they will be able to put them to good use.
Price is thankful to the people in the community who extended phone calls, offered to bring in snacks, the friendship centre for allowing them to use their board room for a couple of months, as well as the Dauphin and Gilbert Plains Fire Departments, RCMP and PMH.
