Since the beginning of the current campaign, 9,603 volunteers have helped Nez rouge to carry out 10,503 rides.

The Laval – Basses Laurentides region had 291 rides this weekend, registering 152 on Friday and 139 on Saturday.

The Quebec – Lévis region is the region that requested the most rides, with 502, including 295 on Friday. The region also had 118 rides on Thursday, for a total of 620 in three days.

Reminder

The service will be available until Saturday, Dec. 31, from 8 p.m. to 3 a.m.

It’s now been 27 years for the organization Opération Nez rouge Laval – Basses Laurentides, which exists since 1986.

Opération Nez rouge is a non-profit organization, whose goal is to educate the population to adopt better behaviors, i.e. to avoid driving while impaired.

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No less than 1,850 volunteers made those rides possible, including 84 in the Laval – Basses Laurentides region, with 37 on Friday, and 47 on Saturday.

The region with the most rides back during those days is that of Québec – Lévis, with 187, including 103 on Saturday.

Reminder

The service will be available until Saturday, Dec. 31, from 8 p.m. to 3 a.m.

It’s now been 27 years for the organization Opération Nez rouge Laval – Basses Laurentides, which exists since 1986.

Opération Nez rouge is a non-profit organization, whose goal is to educate the population to adopt better behaviors, i.e. to avoid driving while impaired.

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The service will be offered from Friday, Nov. 25, to Saturday, Dec. 31, from 8 p.m. to 3 a.m.

It has therefore been 27 years for the organization Opération Nez rouge Laval – Basses Laurentides, which exists since 1986.

“I would like to thank all the volunteers, who are giving their time and are dedicating themselves to make sure everyone has a good holiday season,” said Chief Inspector of the Service de police de Laval (SPL) François Dumais. “On behalf of police forces, it’s an honour today to speak on their behalf.”

Those same volunteers are helping their community in all ways possible, since in addition to making the roads safer, all of the donations raised will once again be used to support local organizations related to youth and amateur sport, the Opération Nez rouge press release mentioned.

However, with about fifty operational centres in the province, thousands of volunteers will be needed to provide rides. Registrations have started, and are continuing.

Let’s recall that Opération Nez rouge is a non-profit organization, whose goal is to educate the population to adopt better behaviors, i.e. to avoid driving while impaired.

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The organization is calling for the generosity and solidarity of the Laval business community, as well as the the population during this holiday season, which promises to be difficult for many.

Having experienced a record increase in requests for food aid over the past year, the CBML has no choice, but to increase its number of Christmas baskets. Thus, the organization will distribute 200 more baskets than in previous years, bringing the number to 2,500.

“Since the beginning of October, in addition to the daily requests for food aid, people have been contacting us to make sure they’re having their Christmas basket,” said by press release José Haeck, head of the emergency food aid counter at Moisson Laval. “The requests are exploding, and the phone keeps ringing.”

“The general increase in the cost of living has caused an unprecedented increase in our requests for food aid,” added in the same press release Jean Gagnon, general manager of the CBML. “Facing this societal issue, we have decided to help as many Laval residents as possible, and distribute 200 additional Christmas baskets.”

This year, in addition to the 2,500 Christmas baskets to fill with food, the organization has set itself the goal of raising $350,000 in monetary donations. That expected amount of money will help the organization in its operations surrounding their annual campaign.

Until the end of December, the population, businesses and all public institutions in Laval are invited to take part in this major food drive, which will be used to feed 2,500 families. The distribution of Christmas baskets will take place from Dec. 18–20, at the CBML, assisted by 250 volunteers. (A.B.)

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