Our community went for years without a community pool after the closing of the Rideau Regional Centre.  In 2013, a group of dedicated individuals stepped up and formed The Hub, a registered not-for-profit, to get the pool up and running again.

They secured Aviva Funding which allowed them to open the pool much sooner than they had anticipated. This was great for the community but their membership fees didn't have a chance to catch up to the cost of running the pool.

Now, a little over a year since they opened, they may be forced to close their doors as they are behind $150,000 in utilities. Their utility provider has said they can arrnage a payment plan but with the cost of utilities at $15,000 per month, although their membership greatly increased and their revenue last year was $176,000 and they are on track to make the projected $225,000 this year, they cannot catch up on their outstanding utility bills with another $15,000 being added monthly.

If they do not secure $15,000 in sponsorship, donations or funding each month, by the end of January 2015, they will be closing their doors.

They are looking for grants and other funding to do so, but the odds of securing $15,000 in funding in two weeks are slim.

Let's all help out The Hub and keep our pool open! This means so much to the 3,000 plus users and our community. All children should learn to swim. The pool is therapeutic to our senior community and keeps us active! 

Think of it as only $10 from 1500 people! Smiths Falls can do this easily! Let's go for it!