Helping in the Community

From: Darcy Heyd
Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010
To: Johnson, Rick, Councillor
Subject: Thank You!

Rick Johnson,
Thank you very much for your generous donations towards Liam Thompson's, Graham Klammer's, and my trip to Europe. I am thoroughly excited to be going on this amazing and historical trip and your contributions are extremely appreciated. So far I am up to $1300.00 and working hard to raise the rest of the $4000.00, so every bit counts! Thank you so much for the $1500.00 you donated for the three of us.

Sincerely,
Darcy Heyd

 

New Years Eve at Papps

Lots of familiar faces rang in the New Year at Papps Casual Dining and Banquet Hall on December 31st in Pickering.

After enjoying a beautiful roast beef dinner, guests danced the night away to the great sounds of Rick Johnson's County Jamboree with special guests Allan Dollar and Aaron Solomon. At midnight guests donned their party hats and blew their favours as they raised their glasses of champagne to toast 2010. To book a great party or just enjoy a fabulous dinner out, drop by Papps at 1755 Pickering Parkway or call 905-239-6878.

Councillor Rick Johnson, with organizer, Sandy Hill and Daniel Park hold up a sketch of the Claremont General store sold at event

Benefit for Claremont General Store
November 14, 2009
SNAP PICKERING December 2009

Owner of the Claremont General Store, Daniel Park couldn't help but smile last month at the Claremont Community Centre Fundraising dance in his honour. Daniel was visibly touched by the huge turnout of people that gathered in his honour to help raise money to rebuild his general store that burned down last July. The Claremont General Store, built in 1847 went up in flames over the summer, leaving Daniel without a business. The residents of Claremont have rallied together to help Daniel rebuild. Councillor Rick Johnson has been one of the many leaders in this cause and his band was out (Rick Johnson and the County Band) for the evening to entertain the crowd. Two hundred tickets were sold for the event and over $10,000 was raised.

UPDATE: Since the event, Rick has continued to fundraise and the official number as of December 1, 2009 is now over $16,000

The 1999 Festival was honoured with a visit from the former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario Hillary Weston. The Lt. Governor was escorted on her tour by CLOCA Chair Rick Johnson (left).

12th Annual

Durham Children's

Groundwater Festival

September 28th to October 2nd, 2009

9:45 am – 1:30 pm at Camp Samac, Oshawa

Rick, who as the CLOCA Chairman founded the Groundwater Festival in 1998, is very proud of the festival and how it has grown.

Launched as part of the Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority's (CLOCA) 40^th anniversary theme of water quality in 1998, the goal of the Durham Children's Groundwater Festival is to increase awareness of grade 4 students concerning water issues, motivating them to become water stewards in their home, classroom and community. The festival includes 40 hands-on interactive activity centres with messages relevant to the student's everyday lives, water conservation and protection. Through the activity centres, they discover the importance of water, and how their actions affect the watershed in which they live.

Full Storey, Click here

Grand Re-opening of Papps Restaurant
Pickering Parkway on September 3, 2009

It was a lovely opening – everyone had a really good time.
Good luck and congratulations!!

Your Councillor Makes

A Difference!

Public Works Committee Vice-Chairman Rick Johnson announces

Triple Award for Solid Waste Management.

2009 Public Education Gold Excellence Award
2009 Composting System Gold Excellence Award
2009 Solid Waste Management Silver Excellence Award

For the complete press release (pdf) click here.

The Brougham Central Hotel Restoration Project

Current Major Event at the Pickering Village Museum

The restoration of the BCH to its status as an 1850s temperance hotel will provide an opportunity for educational programmes on the development of alcohol legislation in Ontario and will display architectural and construction techniques of the 19"' century. Over the years, many structural changes have taken place to the buildings, and "windows to the past" will become an interpretation feature.

From left: Dave Ryan-Mayor, Bill McLean-Councillor and PMVF Director, Rick ]ohnson-Councillor, Pat Dunnill-PMVF Chair, Dave Pickles-Councillor and Laura Drake- PMVF Advisory Committee Chair

To download a copy of The Brougham Central Hotel Restoration Project please click here.

Rick and Cathy Schnippering, President of the Pine Ridge Arts Council,
accepting a sponsorship cheque.

Rick Johnson with Daniel Colby
2008 "Russell David Johnson" Award

Rick and Darryl Wagner
2009 Artfest and Hands-On-Art

Rick, Cathy, Gwen and Janice
2009 Artfest and Hands-On-Art

Coucillor Rick with Perdita Felicien at the annual Terry Fox Run