2024 VOLUNTEER TEAM
The Lac du Bonnet Ice Fishing Derby Committee extends a sincere heartfelt thank you to all 169 incredible volunteers who made the 16th annual Lac du Bonnet Ice Fishing Derby an unforgettable success! Your dedication and hard work in various roles – from Hole Drilling, Auger Crew, Fish Measuring, Prize Distribution, Raffle Ticket Selling, Overnight Security, Pre-Derby Day Set Up, Fire Pit Zone, Ticket Scanning Area, Registration, Volunteer Pizza Distribution, On Ice Games to Grid Clean Up – truly made all the difference. Not only did you lend a hand, but you also helped raise funds for your chosen organization within our community.
Organizations that provided us with volunteers included the Eastman SnoPals, LdB Trails Association, 249 Beausejour Air Cadets, Pinawa Panthers High School Hockey Team, Alzheimer's Society, LdBSS Grad Committee, LdB Ski Club, LdB Wildlife Association, Canadian Liver Foundation, Fire & Water Music Festival, Manitoba Darts Zone 2, LdB Curling Club, LdB Fire Dept, LdB Lions Club, LdB Community Garden, LdB Food Bank, and Jack's Animal Rescue. We also extend our gratitude to the volunteers from ACCESS Credit Union & RBC for joining forces with us in this incredible endeavor. Your dedication to serving our community is truly commendable!
An honorable mention goes out to Santa Lucia Pizza of Lac du Bonnet for providing pizza for all the volunteers following their shifts! Absolutely incredible support. We extend our gratitude to Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries for generously supplying us with t-shirts, enhancing the visibility of our volunteers.
Together, we've made a positive impact that will be felt for years to come. Thank you for being the heart and soul of our event!
CVO: Wait List
Due to an overwhelming response from Community Organizations – all of our volunteer positions are now filled! However, we’re still collecting names for a waiting list, just in case life happens and someone can’t make their shift. If you’re still interested, don’t hesitate to sign up – we’d love to have you on board!
JOIN OUR VOLUNTEER WORKFORCE
Become part of the LDB ICE Workforce and earn money for your non-profit organization. Sign up as an LDB ICE Community Volunteer Organization (CVO) today!
Every year the Lac du Bonnet Ice Fishing Derby relies on the support of its volunteers to help us put on the best event possible. Perhaps you didn’t know that we pay our volunteers Community Volunteer Organization Hours – CVO Hours.
CVO Hours are for local non-profit organizations and are part of how we reinvest the Derby profits back into our community! In 2024, the Derby paid organizations $18 per person-hour worked on their behalf! Twenty organizations were paid a total of $12,269.00!
A total of $89,553.00 has been PAID TO community ORGANIZATIONS FOR VOLUNTEERING
2023 - $11,723.00
2022 - NO DERBY
2021 - NO DERBY
2020 - $9,685.00
2019 - $9,246.00
2018 - $6,330.00
2017 - $7,548.00
2016 - $4,845.00
$89,553
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$89,553 〰️
OF FUNDING INJECTED INTO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH COMMUNITY GROUPS VOLUNTEERING
AT THE DERBY SINCE 2008
2015 - $6,578.00
2014 - $4,547.50
2013 - $4,980.00
2012 - $4,734.50
2011 - $3,961.00
2010 - $6,375.00
2009 - $5,250.00
2008 - $3,750.00