{"id":1355,"date":"2024-11-08T18:56:55","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T18:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cadetsair.ca\/nouvelle\/donation-from-mr-w-g-cyr\/"},"modified":"2025-01-22T14:56:27","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T14:56:27","slug":"donation-from-mr-w-g-cyr","status":"publish","type":"nouvelle","link":"https:\/\/cadetsair.ca\/en\/nouvelle\/donation-from-mr-w-g-cyr\/","title":{"rendered":"Donation from Mr. W. G. Cyr"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, November 8, 2024 \u2013 <\/strong>The Quebec and Ottawa Valley Provincial Committee (QOVPC) of the Air Cadet League of Canada is proud to announce that we have received a donation of $750,000 from Mr. Welley G\u00e9rard Cyr. This donation is earmarked for the provincial post-secondary scholarships, which will be renamed in his honor. Under the agreement signed between Mr. Cyr and the QOVPC, the number of provincial scholarships and their values will increase starting with the 2024-2025 training year. A total of 28 scholarships will be available each year. The value of each scholarship will be $1,000 in 2024-2025, and will be indexed annually thereafter to the cost of living.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mr. Cyr’s donation was announced at the 2024 provincial congress, held in Victoriaville in September. The cheque was presented at the end of the banquet, much to the surprise of the members present.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Mr. Cyr is a long-time supporter of the QOVPC. After a long career in the Royal Canadian Air Force, Mr. Cyr approached the QOVPC to provide financial support to cadets in squadrons in the northern sector (the Saguenay\/Lac St-Jean\/Nord du Qu\u00e9bec and Abitibi regions). This support of close to $200,000 over the past 12 years has helped establish annual regional post-secondary scholarships, and contributed to the sponsorship of aircraft flights and the transportation of squadron cadets to the flying site in this sector. Mr. Cyr’s new donation does not affect the regional scholarships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The QOVPC expresses its heartfelt thanks to Mr. Cyr for his financial support and generosity to the Air Cadet Program in Quebec and the Ottawa Valley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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