The Foundation for Athletic Excellence (FAEQ) concludes the difficult year 2021 on a positive note: it is making a final major award by awarding no less than $ 106,000 in individual scholarships to 40 distinguished student-athletes during a virtual scholarship ceremony organized on December 15 on the Zoom platform. Among these athletes, several are from the region of Quebec and Saguenay Lac-Saint-Jean, such as Antoine Briand de Beaupré (cross-country skiing), Alex-Ann Desrosiers Laroche from Saint-Antonin (baseball), Liliane Gagnon from Quebec (cross-country skiing), Aurélie Jacob-Verreault de Lévis (wheelchair basketball), Kaylee Koehler from Quebec (freestyle skiing moguls), Mathieu Lelievre by Donnacona (ice hockey parahockey), Hubert Marcotte from Quebec (long track speed skating), Nassim Nouajaa from Quebec (soccer) and Francois Gauthier-Drapeau Alma (judo, 81 kg). Since its creation in 1985, the FAEQ has awarded $ 19 million in scholarships, representing 6,525 scholarships to 3,300 different scholarship holders.
5300 gifts
Lowe’s Canada and its network (over 360 associates) have collected and donated over 5,300 toys, stuffed animals and other gifts to underprivileged children across Canada. In partnership with Opération Père Noël in Quebec and the Salvation Army in the rest of Canada, participating corporate and affiliate Lowe’s, RONA and Réno-Dépôt stores have temporarily turned into the North Pole to receive and store gifts offered by generous donors. In Quebec, Opération Père Noël takes care of children living in very poor families, or even having been abandoned. “Thanks to the help of generous donors, more than 20,600 of these children, coming from all regions of Quebec, will experience the magic of the Holidays,” said Thérèse Guillemette, co-founder of Operation Santa Claus and nicknamed ” Mother Christmas ”.
Call for candidates for NPOs
The Rotary Club of Saint-Nicolas-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière is looking for mobilizing projects for the year 2022-2023 in the context of its admission to the Rotary Telebingo. The Club wishes to help non-profit organizations (NPOs) in the western sector of greater Lévis. The projects submitted must make it possible to improve or develop facilities serving the organization; to support the practice of a sport or a cultural activity; purchase of equipment, payment for lessons or participation in a competition; to support social integration; respite or holiday camp for handicapped children and holiday camp for children whose families are living in poverty. Does your organization meet these criteria? Do you have an eye-catching project to present? Write to this address: [email protected]. You will have until January 21, 2022 to send your request including your detailed project. Between $ 80,000 and $ 100,000 will be returned to the community through the club’s participation in Télébingo.
In memory
December 30, 1981. Wayne Gretzky beats the record of 50 goals in 50 games set by Maurice Richard. He scored five in a 7-5 victory for the Edmonton Oilers over the Philadelphia Flyers to bring his total to 50 in 39 games.
Birthdays
L’honorable Josée Verner (photo), appointed senator since May 18, 2011, 62 years old … LeBron James, American basketball player of the NBA (Lakers), 37 years old … Tiger Woods, American golfer, considered one of the greatest in the history of her sport, 46 years old … Sylvie Moreau, Quebec actress and actress, 57 years old … Ben Johnson, Canadian sprinter over 100 meters, disqualified for doping at the Seoul Games in 1988, 60 years old … Michel Dubois, host of the blues show Rue D’Auteuil at CKRL 89.1 since 1993, 76 years old … André Paillé, former radio host (CHRC 80) and on television (745) of Québec Télé-4, 79 years old.
Missing
December 30, 2020: Dawn Wells (photo), 82, the interpreter of Mary Ann in the cult series The Merry Castaways, broadcast in the United States from 1964 to 1967 … 2019: Laurier Gardner, 75, Liberal MP for Arthabaska from 1985 to 1989 … 2018: Claude Gingras, 87, journalist and music critic … 2015: Howard Davis, 59, American boxer, 1976 Summer Olympics champion … 2010: Tony Proudfoot, 61, former Montreal Alouettes player … 2010: Bobby Farrell, 61, singer and dancer of the disco group Boney M … 2006: Saddam Hussein, 69, Iraqi politician … 1970: Sonny Liston, 38, world heavyweight boxing champion in 1962 and 1964.
