Cash Boost For RBC Cup Organizers

Friday, March 09, 2007 04:42 PM

Host Committee Chair Dan Rogers holds one edge of the cheque while Deputy Premier Shirley Bond holds the other. In the background, the D.P. Todd High school Leadership class helps MLA Pat Bell with the RBC Cup

There are just 56 days until the RBC Cup gets underway in Prince George. The Host Committee has promised to make this the biggest and best ever RBC Cup Championship. Set to start on May 5th and run through to the 13th, the RBC Cup Championship is expected to bring an economic boost to Prince George.

The Provincial Government has offered some financial assistance to the efforts of the Host City Organizing team. Prince George-Mount Robson MLA, Minister of Education, and Deputy Premier, Shirley Bond, presented the organizing committee with a cheque for $125 thousand dollars.

Of that amount, $25 thousand will go to a group of D.P. Todd High school students in the leadership program. They have put together a complete "adopt a school program" of during the championship which will see students from all over Prince George attending the 2:00 afternoon games during the Championship to cheer on their "adopted" teams.

In addition to that, the students have added a special educational component which links students with team players to learn about geography of the different home towns there will also be classes on physical fitness, staying tobacco free and web technology to link with other communities.

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Posted on Friday, March 09, 2007 04:42 PM in News by 250 News

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Posted by: lunarguy on March 9 2007 8:30 PM

So we are paying students $25,000 to go to hockey games so they can learn geography ? I thought we did that in the classroom without having to pay the extra $25,000.

Posted by: Runner46 on March 9 2007 10:10 PM

You get no argument from this quarter. The leadership class at DPTodd has been a leader in their field provincially for some years.
Kudos to them for "earning" the funds by preparing a comprehensive plan.

Posted by: lunarguy on March 9 2007 11:32 PM

Oh I am well aware of the leadership program. I just do not see why it should be funded for the tune of $25,000 for something that should be done in the classroom and maybe a modest field trip. Maybe if there was more details about how the money was to be spent I could change my mind.

Posted by: metalman on March 10 2007 10:54 AM

I'm with you lunarguy, the province has more important things to spend money on, like the Olympics! Or short stretches of four lane highway here and there, between a whole bunch of two lane bridges
metalman.