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Walking for Cloverdale Event to help chart course for community kitchen By Jennifer Lang Hosts of the Cloverdale Community Kitchen urge supporters to join the upcoming Coldest Night of the Year campaign. It’s part of a national campaign taking place on the last Saturday in February – on average, the coldest night of the year in Canada – to raise money and awareness for local charities assisting homeless people. More than 60 charities organized walks in their neighbourhoods last year, including the Cloverdale Community Kitchen. In Cloverdale, 300 walkers raised $64,000, a feat that coincided with the kitchen’s official launch. The commercial-grade kitchen – constructed at Pacific Community Church after an ambitious fundraising campaign – is home to three existing programs assisting Cloverdale’s less
fortunate. Pacific Community Church runs the Monday night cafe, while Cloverdale Christian Fellowship puts on a Wednesday night meal. And on Thursdays at noon, a hot lunch is served up by members of the Cloverdale Presbyterian Church. This year’s walk-a-thon goal is to raise $70,000. “It’s a huge jump,” says Jim Heuving, executive pastor and event planner for the Coldest Night of the Year walk. He also leads the Cloverdale Community Kitchen team, which is in the process of hiring a kitchen director to oversee existing programs and liaise with local agencies and groups. “We hope to bring in a full-time coordinator. Someone to really take the kitchen to the next level,” Heuving said. “We want to push as far as we can See FEEDING FAMILIES / Page 3
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Assisted by Gwen Clark, left, Connie Stunden of Cloverdale Curling Club’s Team Clark throws a rock during the Bye the Sea 2015 senior women’s bonspiel at the Peace Arch Curling Centre on Jan. 17.
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Al Cleaver was photographed chatting with friends and colleagues during a park dedication in his name near 119A Street and 100 Avenue.
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By Jennifer Lang Al Cleaver, a former fire chief of Surrey who championed the city’s history and heritage, passed away last Thursday morning at Surrey Memorial Hospital. He was 88. That afternoon, the Surrey Fire Fighters Association announced the passing of the 2010 Surrey Civic Treasure “with deepest regrets and heavy hearts.” “Al will be sorely missed,” Surrey mayor Linda Hepner said, via Twitter. Former NDP MP Penny Priddy called him a leader, mentor, activist, and a warm and caring
man. “Will miss you.” Cleaver, who retired as Surrey Fire Chief in 1986 after serving 28 years, was also the Surrey Fire Service’s first training officer. In retirement, he continued to embody community service and volunteerism, earning recognition as a Surrey Civic Treasure in 2010. In a City of Surrey video of Cleaver filmed around the time he received the award, Cleaver said, “Believe me folks, volunteering is good for the soul.” His nomination was put forward by the Friends of the Surrey Museum and Archives Society, Surrey Heritage Advisory
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Commission, Surrey Historical Society and Surrey Professional Fire Fighters Pioneer Association. Cleaver founded the Friends of the Surrey Museum Society, which raised more than $1 million for the Surrey Museum capital campaign. After the new museum in Cloverdale opened, Cleaver continued to lobby for phase II – a commitment he stuck with until his dying day. The original project was scaled back on the understanding a second phase would follow within 10 years. See MUSEUM / Page 3
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