Warner receives grant from Henry S. Varley Fund for Rural Life

By Heather Cameron
Southern Alberta Newspapers
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

In May, Warner County and Warner Fireman’s Society received a grant of $10,144 (with $1,200 coming from a Field of Interest Fund) from the Community Foundation of Lethbridge and Southwestern Alberta’s Henry S. Varley Fund for Rural Life.

Craig Dies, lead on the grant application, says that the grant will be used to provide wildfire/general fire training to new firefighters, and to upgrade and certify current members for wildfire/medical emergency training for Warner Volunteer Fire Department and Milk River Volunteer Fire Department.

 “We received a cheque for the total amount from the Foundation at a ceremony with all the other grant recipients,” said Dies.

“The total grant will be split evenly between the two departments,” said Dies. “We are very excited and extremely grateful as without this funding we would not have the resources to provide the training.”