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The Kemptville Dandelion Festival will send a controversial $5,000 donation back to the TransCanada Corporation after a community fundraiser was able to make up the money.
The drive spearheaded by the Sustainable North Grenville community group raised the $5,000 in just over three days.
“I feel the community really stepped up and answered (community group) Sustainable North Grenville’s call,” said Shaun Vardon, the Dandelion Festival’s chair. “It’s a win-win for them.”
Several musicians had dropped out of the festival after learning of the sponsorship.
John Carroll, Lisa Poushinsky and George Buys said they objected to playing at the festival because TransCanada doesn’t have the community’s best interest in mind.
The move prompted the Sustainable North Grenville group to start the fundraising campaign that met its goal in about three days.
Diana Steadman, a member of SNG, says there was two reasons for the quick response.
“On the one hand (donors) really value this Dandelion Festival as an important event worth supporting. And I also think on the other hand people have legitimate concerns about this proposed pipeline, and TransCanada’s support in what is a community festival,” she said.
Organizer Vardon said the festival needed the extra money, about 16 per cent of its budget, to compensate for lower grants from the federal government this year.
Tim Duboyce, spokesperson for TransCanada said in a written statement on the weekend that the company was “proud” to participate in the festival.
“We are proud of the long-standing relationships that we’ve developed over the past 20 years in the North Grenville area and look forward to continuing those in the decades to come,” the statement said.
The statement from TransCanada says “the Energy East Pipeline project is being planned using the most advanced pipeline technology and safety techniques in the industry.” And the company is taking “great care” to make it the “safest and most reliable way of moving the oil we all need every day from west to east.”
The musicians, all of them North Grenville residents, have said this was a personal issue for them.
“We’re residents of the community, and we felt like what we were doing was representative of the community,” said Carroll. “I think the crowdfunding campaign showed that.”
Although the musicians said they would happily play at the festival now, Vardon says the spots are already filled.
“I think the communities spoken on this, and I don’t think there’s any need to rock the boat in the future,” Vardon said when asked if the festival will take donations from TransCanada again.
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The drive spearheaded by the Sustainable North Grenville community group raised the $5,000 in just over three days.
“I feel the community really stepped up and answered (community group) Sustainable North Grenville’s call,” said Shaun Vardon, the Dandelion Festival’s chair. “It’s a win-win for them.”
Several musicians had dropped out of the festival after learning of the sponsorship.
John Carroll, Lisa Poushinsky and George Buys said they objected to playing at the festival because TransCanada doesn’t have the community’s best interest in mind.
The move prompted the Sustainable North Grenville group to start the fundraising campaign that met its goal in about three days.
Diana Steadman, a member of SNG, says there was two reasons for the quick response.
“On the one hand (donors) really value this Dandelion Festival as an important event worth supporting. And I also think on the other hand people have legitimate concerns about this proposed pipeline, and TransCanada’s support in what is a community festival,” she said.
Organizer Vardon said the festival needed the extra money, about 16 per cent of its budget, to compensate for lower grants from the federal government this year.
Tim Duboyce, spokesperson for TransCanada said in a written statement on the weekend that the company was “proud” to participate in the festival.
“We are proud of the long-standing relationships that we’ve developed over the past 20 years in the North Grenville area and look forward to continuing those in the decades to come,” the statement said.
The statement from TransCanada says “the Energy East Pipeline project is being planned using the most advanced pipeline technology and safety techniques in the industry.” And the company is taking “great care” to make it the “safest and most reliable way of moving the oil we all need every day from west to east.”
The musicians, all of them North Grenville residents, have said this was a personal issue for them.
“We’re residents of the community, and we felt like what we were doing was representative of the community,” said Carroll. “I think the crowdfunding campaign showed that.”
Although the musicians said they would happily play at the festival now, Vardon says the spots are already filled.
“I think the communities spoken on this, and I don’t think there’s any need to rock the boat in the future,” Vardon said when asked if the festival will take donations from TransCanada again.
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