Thank you to the Renegades Pipes and Drums for hosting the 9^th Annual Robbie Burns Supper and raising over $4,000 for the Closer To Home campaign at Deep River & District Health.

The Renegades Pipes and Drums hosted this Robbie Burns Supper on Burns' actual birth day, January 25, this past weekend with 79 folks sitting down to a delicious roast beef supper. The annual event is intended to build community, celebrate tradition, and foster collective morale. All sorts of folks from North Renfrew gathered for the Burns Supper at the Chalk River and Area Lions Hall where the Lions were generous with the portions of roast beef, neeps, tatties and haggis. 

The good news about the success of the Chalk River Haggis Breeding Programme in 2024 was delivered to the delight of those assembled. 

Traditional Fare, a world class Celtic band based here in North Renfrew, provided live music for the evening for the eighth year running. 

The Renegades Pipes and Drums entertained the guests with a wee concert just before the Haggis was piped in by Pipe Major Jeannie Tilson. 

An enjoyable evening of stories, recitations of Burns' poetry, and traditional Celtic and pipe music along with the spotlight 'Toast to the Lassies' and 'Reply to the Toast to the Lassies' respectively by Major Tim Gunner and DRDH President and CEO Janna Hotson helped the Renegades, with promotional assistance from Rosehall Consulting, to raise $4505 for the 'Closer to Home' campaign. 

In the last 12 months the Renegades Pipes and Drums efforts have raised over $10,000 for the 'Closer To Home' campaign through their hosting of Robbie Burns and St. Andrew's celebrations.

Slainte mhor!