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Once a month, 79-year-old Elaine Gunsch makes her way over from the Borden Museum where she volunteers and packs items in a suitcase to the Borden Care Home. ....
This year’s market will operate from May 7 until Oct. 1 or 9 in the Borden Friendship Centre from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. with set up at 9 a.m. Membership fees are $10, with yearly dues set at $10. Rent is $10 for larger tables and $5 for small tables. Seniors’ centre rental each week will be $50. The Christmas sale in the Borden Community Centre was set for Nov. 27 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., depending on pandemic rules in place by then. The market plans to put up two large signs east of Borden and by the bridge. The board remained the same: president Karen Kerr, vice- president Eileen Petrun, treasurer Connie Kinakin, secretary Lorraine Olinyk and board member Martha Rempel. There is interest in two or three new members joining the market. ....
In late 2020 Affinity Credit Union gave the Borden School $500 toward the purchase of more Chromebooks and another Chromebook charging cart. Lynette Schmidt of Affinity (right) also gave her $200 employee community spirit fund to them as well. In this picture she is presenting to her daughter, who is a Grade 10 student in Borden. With more online learning and no shared desktop computers in the school each students is assigned a Chromebook. The Affinity Credit Union donation will help in their fundraising efforts for this large purchase. Pictured is Sydney Schmidt, Grade 10 student. Photos submitted One of the main items on the agenda of the Feb. 25 annual meeting of the Borden Museum, was a fund established in memory of museum founder Helen Sutherland. ....