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Williams Lake Operation Red Nose ready for the season

Safe rides home will be available beginning the weekend of Nov. 29
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Ric Northcott, Community Policing, left, Bob Sunner, Community Policing, Deb Pickering, Operation Red Nose coordinator, and Neil Sukert, Citizens On Patrol, present Jen Brown, Williams Lake Minor Hockey Assn, second from left, with a cheque in March 2024, from proceeds of the 2023 campaign. (Submitted file photo)

Operation Red Nose volunteers are gearing up to begin delivering safe rides home beginning Friday, Nov. 29. 

Deb Pickering is organizing the effort for the third year in a row, and said the dates for the services will continue on Nov. 30 and on Dec. 6, 7, 13, 14, 20, 21 and 31. 

Anyone needing to access the service can do so by phoning 250-392-2222.

To be eligible, callers must have a vehicle because Operation Red Nose does not want compete with taxi companies.  

The same groups in previous years will receive proceeds from Operation Red Nose.

They are Cariboo Chilcotin Gymnastics Association, Cariboo Chilcotin Youth Fiddlers Society, Camp Likely and Williams Lake Minor Hockey U18 Female Rep Hockey Team. 

"We've been working with the same groups and they are all so reliable," Pickering said. 

Pickering is a member of Community Policing and every year volunteers from the group assist with answering phones and helping in anyway needed. 

 



Monica Lamb-Yorski

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A B.C. gal, I was born in Alert Bay, raised in Nelson, graduated from the University of Winnipeg, and wrote my first-ever article for the Prince Rupert Daily News.
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