Lamont Sports Park receives major donation from Saugeen Shores Rotary Club

The $100,000 donation to the development of Phase 2 of the Park gives the Saugeen Shores Rotary Club twenty-year sponsorship naming rights to the Lamont Sports Park Accessible Playground which is scheduled to be constructed this fall.

Mayor Luke Charbonneau said that the Sports Park and new Innovation Park will create a whole new district in the community.  “This will result in a quality of life that our whole community will be able to enjoy for years to come. It’s an exciting development at the south end of Port Elgin for the whole community of Saugeen Shores.”

“The fundraising Committee under co-chairs Mike Myatt and Rob Stanley have been working very hard and I am more confident than ever that we will reach the fundraising goal for Phase 2,” added Mayor Charbonneau, “but projects like this don’t happen without great partners. The splash pad at Rotary Jubilee Accessible Park, Rotary Perkins Park, Rotary Town Hall at the Plex, various other facilities, parks and events, all demonstrate the tremendous contributions that Rotary has made in the community.

Phase 1 development of the Park is already complete and the four lit diamonds will be ready for play in the spring of 2023. Phase 2 will add two additional youth baseball fields, in addition to the construction of the Accessible Playground.

Campaign Co-Chair and Vice Deputy Mayor Myatt, said that, “This contribution by Saugeen Shores Rotary Club has given our $1 million Fundraising Campaign a significant boost. Saugeen Shores is blessed with very vibrant and community-minded Service Clubs and our committee is so grateful for this tremendous contribution by the Saugeen Shores Rotary Club.”                                                            

Saugeen Shores Rotary Club President Pat O’Connor and several members of the newly formed Rotary Club were on hand for the cheque presentation. “It gives us great pleasure to be part of this Community defining project and in particular to sponsor the Accessible Playground,” said O’Connor. “We believe that every child should not only have the right to participate in play activity, but they should have a safe and fun place in which to do so.”

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Myatt also confirmed that further donor announcements will be made in the near future and prior to the public launch of the Campaign at the Lamont Sports Park on June 4th 2022.

The “Gold Glove” announcement is the second significant contribution to the Fundraising Campaign to be announced during the month of March. Earlier this month, the Lamont Sports Park Illuminating Dreams Fundraising Committee announced Bruce Power’s $250,000 donation as the Park’s major donor.