A Celebration of Community in Clarenville

The Kraft Celebration tour rolled through Clarenville this weekend and you helped make it an outstanding success.

We wanted to show Clarenville at its best - and we did. This past weekend was a culmination of a summer long effort that under the leadership of Jill Monk, saw the people of greater Clarenville demonstrate the very best in "community".

During the planning meetings that we held for this weekend, the folks from TSN and Kraft wanted to show the scenery and the history - and they did that well. But we wanted to add to that, we wanted to show something a lot less tangible and a lot more important - Community Spirit. Thank you all for showing that so well.

The Cheque

The Antics!

CBC Interview: http://www.cbc.ca/video/player.html?clipid=2269515400&position=5758&site=cbc.news.ca

We have a huge selection of photos on our companion Our-Town facebook site

As well you can see the TSN in Clarenville broadcast @ http://watch.tsn.ca/clip730734#clip730734

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