2009-04-06
07:19:52
Rainy Lake Ringers Handbell Choir will be getting some new equipment.
The Ontario Trillium Foundation is giving the group $12,000 to purchase new handbells to replace those the choir is now borrowing.
"We're very thrilled to have gotten our Trillium funding," says choir leader Diane Maxey. "We've been hoping it would go through. That will be the start of us owning our own bells. Now, we have to start raising some money locally to purchase the accessories that go along with that."
Choir leader Diane Maxey estimates the group needs to raise at least $6,000.
"We need to purchase music, books and stands," says Maxey.
The fundraising will be start in the coming months. Maxey hope to have the new equipment in place by the fall.
