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This was the fourth year that the and Williams Lake Community Policing have worked together to offer the outstanding service in our community.

Operation Red Nose was operational nine evenings throughout the Christmas season offering free rides to folks that had been celebrating and needed a safe ride home along with their vehicle. This program was made possible by a number of outstanding businesses and volunteers.

This year, Lake City Ford, Ron Ridley Rentals, Cariboo GM, Heartland Toyota and Gustafson’s Chrysler Jeep provided the vehicles. Panago Pizza and Taylor Made Cakes and Sweets supplied the refreshments each evening and David Hall and the Cariboo Chilcotin Child Development Centre supplied the telephone system and dispatch centre.

The Williams Lake RCMP and City of Williams Lake assisted with the administration. These services were key to the success of the program.

Each year a number of youth sport clubs are selected to receive the funds that are donated for the rides that are provided. This year, Kids Sport, Williams Lake Figure Skating, Williams Lake Gymnastics and the Blue Fins Swim Club are the recipients of the funds.

This year, the program provided 290 rides, a total of 639 riders, 126 volunteers, travelled 4,947 kms and in excess of $7,500.00 in donations was received. 2012 was an outstanding year and marked increase over the last 3 years.

Again this year, Canadians chose to help improve road statistics by planning a safe ride home. During Operation Red Nose’s 29th annual campaign, 87,761 rides were provided throughout the country. Of course, none of this would have been possible without the participation of 58,319 volunteers, whom are at the heart of the Operation Red Nose campaign. In British Columbia, 4,555 volunteers provided 8,082 rides in 13 communities: Abbotsford‐Mission, Burnaby, Chilliwack, Delta/Richmond, Kamloops, Langley‐Surrey, Nanaimo, New Westminster, North Shore, Prince George, Ridge‐Meadows, Tri‐Cities and Williams Lake.

For the past 28 years, the Operation Red Nose story has been one of mobilization. Whether it’s by offering time as a road volunteer, providing material, broadcasting the awareness message or supporting the program financially, it is entire communities that are behind each of the 108 local host organizations in the country, and which has allowed Operation Red Nose to provide more than 1,834,323 rides since 1984. Operation Red Nose would like to thank the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, all the local and provincial partners, as well as the thousands of volunteers for their engagement.

Each year, Operation Red Nose receives, through client donations, more than $1,500,000 that is entirely given back to local non‐profit organizations dedicated to youth or amateur sport. In each community, the Operation Red Nose campaign is hosted by a non‐profit organization which organizes, with the help of the national office in Quebec City, the safe ride home service for their fellow citizens. Non‐profit youth organizations that are looking for an original way to raise funds or are interested in hosting the road safety campaign in their community in 2013 can visit OperationRedNose.com for more information.

Operation Red Nose will be back in December 2013 for its 30th campaign. Many surprises will be planned for this special anniversary campaign in order to thank Canadians for their engagement and their participation in improving road safety in Canada. The biggest surprise will come from the community since Operation Red Nose will reach its 1,000,000th volunteer presence during this 30th annual campaign.

Until then, Operation Red Nose and its many partners join their voices and invite the population of British Columbia to plan a safe ride home throughout the year by calling a sober friend or relative, by calling a cab or by staying overnight.

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