Apr 11, 2013


On April 6 a wide range of activities took place at an all-day fundraiser at the Arden Legion. The events were organized to help pay back the roof shares that the Legion sold to help pay for roof repairs to the hall in August last year. Legion member Malcolm Sampson headed up the fundraiser, which included a chili cook off, a 16 team dart tournament, silent auction, bake sale, dart supply sale, crafts sale plus a Legion buffet breakfast that saw some 70 hungry diners come out to give their support.

In total 80 shares of $100 each were sold to Legion supporters last year, which enabled the roof repair to be completed. Initially organizers hoped to pay back the shares at a rate of two shares a month over a total of 40 months. Sampson said that after the day’s fundraiser, only 18 shares were left to be paid. He said that that was a result, not only of the success of the day’s fundraiser but also on account of the generosity of many of the share holders. “The biggest surprise came when very often each time a name of one of the shareholders was pulled to be paid back, they turned right around and donated the money right back to the Legion,” Sampson explained. A total of 35 shareholders donated their shares back. As a result the shares have been repaid at a much faster rate than was initially planned, which Sampson said has saved the Legion a lot of money in interest.

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