CHAPLEAU EXPRESS
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Vol. 30, Issue 13, November 27, 2025
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Driving on Empties: One Good Deed Begets Another the tickets would go straight to the firefighters. Diane saw that with the closure of the local beer store, people now had empties with fewer options to redeem them. Thus began her enterprise: raise money for the memorial ball and keep the empties out of the landfill. She let people know that they could drop their empties at her home at 184 Martel Road or message her through Facebook Messenger and that the proNadia Servent, Graham Bertrand and Diane Daigle-Dinel ceeds would go to a worthy cause. And the empties started By Steve Schmidt coming in. "Even when I was camping, people hen Diane Daigle-Dinel started would drop off their empties," she says with a collecting refundable bottles and laugh. "It kinda took off!" cans, it was toward funding a donation Once she had a for the Chapleau Firefighter load she would drive Association and their latest purchase, an t he empties to upgraded version of the 'Jaws of Life'. Timmins, Foleyet - or She and her sister-in-law, Annie Gilbert anywhere they would had experienced the traumatic loss of redeem large amounts Annie's husband Paul Servant and of empty cans and Diane's daughter Melanie in a house bottles. Julie fire. With the thirty year anniversary Robitalle donated all approaching, they were organizing a memorial ball the empties from to raise funds. K a n i p a h o w Long Term B u t t h e y Wilderness Resort. Forecast wanted to Canadian Airways Thursday fundraise the contacted her to come High -6 expenses of the pick up theirs. Low -10 ball - the food T he Winter Friday and other costs Wonderland Formal High -8 - so that the would go on to raise Low -15 total amount $11,963.59 for the raised by sale of Saturday
Chapleau Firefighter Association - and more. Yet the empties kept coming. So Diane decided to keep a good thing going. Through social media she consulted with folks and came up with an extensive list of local good causes that could use a boost. "Once I have $500 I will go online and spin a wheel to select the next recipient. Once they get the money, their name will be retired until the whole list has received a donation." Diane vows, "And we'll keep spinning the wheel as long as the empties keep coming in!" If you would like to donate your empties or help out, contact Diane Daigle-Dinel through Facebook Messenger.
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