
RAPIDES’ MAISON DES JEUNES LANDS DONATION FOR RENOS - Les Maisons des Jeunes du Pontiac in Rapides-des-Joachims recently received a $5,020 donation from the Deep River and District Community Foundation to purchase and install windows and doors in the organization’s headquarters in spring 2021. The building that houses the youth centre and the village’s community centre is about 100 years old. Many years ago, the building was used a school house, then as a gathering hall for several years. The building underwent several renovations this summer; painting the entire building and installing new flooring, toilets and bathroom vanities. The building’s original windows let in a lot of cold air in the winter, making it energy inefficient and hard to heat.