South Eastman raised $41,000 for two important charities with their first Jailbreak event. On May 12, Steinbach RCMP issued warrants for a number of prominent local community leaders in this comical fundraising initiative of the Rotary Club of South Eastman. Offenders were held in a special holding cell at Clearspring Centre until they could raise their bail. The Honourable Judge Klassen presided over this fundraising event, and our celebrity offenders have been pardoned on bail collected. Last week, over $40,000 was presented to the two recipient charities.
Funds will be directed to local school lunch programming through Soup’s On Steinbach, and to international war relief efforts through the Friends of the Mennonite Centre in Ukraine.
Celebrity Offenders: Mayor Earl Funk, Corny Rempel, Reeve Stan Toews, Cyndy Friesen, Chris Goertzen, David Klassen, Phil Rempel, Emma Boulanger, Bryan Bartel, Reid Gerbrandt, Farrel Rempel, Randy Wohlgemuth.
