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Firefighters taking part last year, from top, are Gregory Hunt, Trevor Welch, Sean Foxton (Port Perry) and Dave Fisher (Caesarea). “Jamie’s Dream Gala” will honour life of CL supporter In just a few weeks, Communi! Durham North will host an inaugural gala to honour the life of Jamie Ross, a special supporter of the organization. Jamie was a former president of Community Living, who was dedicated and committed to CLDN until his death in January 2014. He was also the recipient of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee award for his ongoing contribution to the community and meaning ful causes through volunteering. Funds generated from this gala evening will be used to continue Jamie’s legacy. He was a deeply gen- erous man who gave anonymously, having a great impact on the lives ofnumerous people supported by Community Living Durham North. One of the agency’s main goals is to assist people in achieving their life-long dreams and live a life built on quality. The gala funds will be used to assist people who may be experiencing a shortfall to achieving their dreams as well as to support opportunities for people to develop social capital and become connected to their community. Jamie’s Dream Gala takes place Thursday, May 21 at the Scu- gog Community Centre, beginning at 6 p.m. with a cocktail re- ception featuring local talent Leah Daniels. This will be followed. by a gourmet dinner, silent and live auction and 50/50 draw. Tickets are $125 per person and can be purchased by contact- ing Tracy McGarry, tracy@cldn.ca, or Nikki James, nikki@cldn.ca or by calling 905-985-8511. PJ Jamie Ross 80 FOCUS - MAY 2015 Scugog firefighters set for annual campout on downtown rooftop Four years ago, when some local men set up camp on the roof of the Foodland building on Queen St,, it had many heads tipping back and looking up at this strange occurrence. But today, it has become one of the community’s most recognized fund raising events. The “Rooftop Campout”, undertaken by members of the Scugog Fire Department, may seem a little unusual, but it’s the local firefight- ers way of raising funds and awareness about muscular dystrophy, and they are set to do it again this month. On Friday, May 15 members of the local department will climb to the rooftop of Hi and Wylie’s Canadian Grill House, located at 150 Water St., Port Perry, where they will spend the next 50 hours to raise money for Muscular Dystrophy Canada. Last year the firefighters and their support- ers raised more than $15,000, which went to directly support families in Durham Region suffering from MD. Their goal this year it to raise $20,000. To start the event off, an opening ceremony will be held in Palmer Park at approximately 6 pm. on Friday, followed by the firefighters be- ing ‘piped’ onto Harp & Wylie’s roof. This will be followed by live music. The next morning, the firefighters have a variety of entertainment scheduled at ground level from 10 am. to 4 p.m. Some of the activi- ties include a fire truck bouncy castle for the kids, dunk tank (come on out and dunk a fire- fighter), fire safety house demonstrations, live music and lots of great prizes. The entertainment, excluding the bouncy castle, will continue the following day (Sun- day) until 8 p.m., when the firefighters will descend from the rooftop and will announce the total funds raised over the weekend. Canadian Firefighters continue to gener- ate awareness and support for those affected with Muscular Dystrophy. B By organizing boot drives, events across the nation, hey help give hope to everyone affected while also continuously expanding awareness of Muscular Dystrophy ‘anada. i“ aresult of all of this hard work, firefight- ers are the single most important source of revenue for the Muscular Dystrophy Canada since 1954.