The Melfort Fire Department welcomed up to 250 people for bingo and poker during its annual Wing Ding fundraiser. (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff)

By Aaron Schulze

69th Wing Ding

Melfort Fire Department sees up to 250 participants and $10,000 raised during Wing Ding

Dec 19, 2019 | 5:00 PM

The Wing Ding serves as the Melfort Fire Department’s largest fundraiser of the year, and it didn’t disappoint in 2019.

According to the secretary treasurer of the Melfort Fire Department, Lt. Graham Calow, up to 250 people stopped by the Kerry Vickar Centre on Saturday, Dec. 14 to play bingo, poker, and try their luck at raffle draws.

Calow said the department raised somewhere between $8,000 and $10,000 from the 69^th annual Wing Ding.

“We set up for about 200 people to come play Bingo and at 1 p.m. when the doors opened, we were scrounging every crook and cranny of the KVC trying to find more tables and chairs,” he said. “We had every table full and we needed more room.”

All money raised from the Wing Ding goes to the Melfore Fire Department. Calow said they had recently purchased ice rescue equipment and technical rescue gear – ropes, ladders, and baskets – is next on their agenda.

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The Wing Ding is the department’s only annual fundraiser with a set date, although Calow said they’ll host “spur of the moment” fundraisers such as lunches and barbecues, while helping with others such as Chase the Ace in 2020.

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