One man is a goat richer and the Drumheller Sea Cadets reached their fundraising goal with the culmination of the “Whose got your goat?” fundraiser.
Chompur the goat was delivered to Ken and Mia Richmond of Rumsey after they failed to purchase ‘goat insurance’ which would have prevented them from being the recipient of a new four-legged friend. He was delivered late Thursday evening to the Richmonds after their names were drawn this week.
“Well it was a little bit surprising, but I just thought I never win much and why not roll the dice and just not buy the insurance,” says Ken Richmond, who has three kids who love animals and says Chomper will be in a good home on their acreage.
The fundrasier brought in $7,300 for 16 local Sea Cadets to help fund a trip to Normandy, France in May next year. They will participate in a re-enactment of the D-Day landing, where they will arrive in watercrafts and walk in the footsteps of the soldiers who fought there in World War II.
Sea cadet Katie Hanik says the experience will be meaningful as two of her great-grandparents fought there.
“We are going to be learning about what they went through and what their lives were like. I think it’s going to be an incredible opportunity,” Hanik says.
