Jackie Venter and Laura Peacock want to thank EVERYONE who worked so darn hard to make our June 13 Community FireSmart Clean up a fantastic success!!! Thank you to our volunteers Bob Fuger, Bill Kerr, Patti Vickers, Doug Vickers, Mryl Coulter, Phil Hyde, George Coulter, Dave Forseth, Shelley Hyde, Ella van Dinther, Tim Zimmerman and Anton Venter. Boy did all of you work hard!!! Thank you to the City of Kelowna's Fire Department for the community chipping service grant! Thank

Congratulations to Deb Peterson and thank you to everyone who entered the summer FireSmart challenge for the month of May. See:FireSmart | Quail Ridge Residents Association Deb removed a 60 foot long hedge of old cedars and some old large yews this Spring. She also participated in the Home Assessments with the City of Kelowna Fire Department. Way to go Deb! Thank you and don't forget to enter for June's FireSmart challenge draw for a $100 Nester's gift card by July 4th to b

If you remember, on May 1st, we sent out an email calling for volunteers for a last minute FireSmart Home Assessment. Our new FireSmart lead, Captain Barton, was conducting training and thought Quail Ridge would be a good place to run part of the program. The home owners that had assessments completed provided us with some things that the Fire Department focused on that we all can think about when looking at "FireSmarting" our homes: 1. Look at the condition of your roof and