The Sylvain Routhier Rink at Bird Park

I want to express a special thank you to everyone who has helped us with the outdoor rink for the past 3 winters. It has been such a joy and honour for our family to see local families and kids be able to use the rink that Sylvain built 9 years ago in our backyard. Unfortunately, this winter was the last year for it.

A special thanks to Councillor Bill G. Sandison, Duvanco Homes, Belleville Fire, Canadian Tire, St. Lawrence Pools, Andrea Bird, Mike Dowdall, and everyone else who helped shovel and maintain the rink.

It is a huge volunteer undertaking to plan and organize an outdoor rink, and unfortunately I can no longer take this on and the boards were in really rough shape. I have reached out to our local Councillor Bill G. Sandison after each winter to see if the City of Belleville can take over this project and we have been reassured that they are looking at getting outdoor rinks added to the Recreation Master Plan so hopefully this can be done again in the future.

In the meantime, if you are interested in supporting our local scholarship programs or other mental health initiatives in memory of local police sergeant, Sylvain Routhier, please see our website attached or our page. Thank you again for all your support!!!

The Sylvain Routhier Memorial Foundation

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Warm weather and rain has closed the rink. Please stay off of it and fingers crossed it gets cold again!