Mont Orford toasts Memphremagog Citizenship

Free ski day on Sunday

The Mont Orford ski resort will be holding Memphremagog Citizenship Day. This weekend, on Sunday, February 18, residents of the MRC can ski for free.

The free ski day is part of a weekend of activities scheduled for the weekend, including free guide services, a day care centre, tours, lessons, and tastings of local delicacies.

To obtain a fee ski pass on Sunday, residents can show up at the ticket office with the following documents:

Hooked on School week is upon us! For this one week in February, schools and community organizations across the entire province of Quebec highlight a topic that Phelps lives and breathes: perseverance. Phelps started in 2012 to help reduce the unacceptably high drop out rates in our area: one in three students in Stanstead do not complete high school, a fact that drives much of what Phelps does. 5 years after launch, we see a change not only in the youth but

• A photo ID

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• Valid proof of residence indicating your address within the MRC Memphrémagog such as:

- A citizen card

- Driver's license

- Tax account

- Lease

- Invoice from Hydro-québec or a telephone / cable services provider

- For children: A report card or proof of residence or relationship will be accepted.

The list of MRC municipalities: - Austin within the entire community; if you drive through town you will see the white and green perseverance flag outside town hall. Hooked on School week provides us all with the opportunity to speak frankly with our youth about why it is important to stay in school: to continue learning, to get a better job and to have choices. As we asked our students to add their names to a ‘perseverance window mural’, making a commitment to finishing high school, an array of declarations were heard “I’m going to finish high school just to prove them - Ayer's Cliff

- East Bolton

- Eastman

- Township of Hatley

- Hatley

- Magog

- North Hatley

- Ogden

- Orford / Township of Orford - Potton

- Saint-benoit-du-lac - Saint-etienne-de-bolton - Sainte-catherine-de-hatley - Township of Stanstead - Stanstead

- Stukely-sud wrong”, “Of course I’m going to finish high school!”, “I can’t see the future, but I want to stay in school”. For Phelps and our team, that is more than enough.

Phelps Aide Phelps Helps is a rural community non-profit striving to reduce the elevated drop-out rate in the Stanstead area. Phelps was started in 2012 by two community members, and has grown from a single program to Conditions:

Free passes will be limited to one day ticket per eligible person. Every child must be accompanied by an adult and the adult must be able to prove the child's relationship or residence.

For the full program of the weekend event, visit http://www.orford.com/ski/evenements/week-end-a-saveur-locale-17fevrier/

For more information, contact Customer Service at 819-843-6548 Ext. 8308! seven unique programs, providing Stanstead area youth with free tutoring, educational and career support and hands-on learning from Grade 3 to the end of high school and further. For more information or to volunteer, please email us at info@phelpshelps.ca, visit our website www.phelpshelps.ca or call our offices at 819-704-0799.