RNC, towing company chip in to make Quinn Butt playground idea reality

Officers with the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary teamed up with a Paradise towing company on Saturday to raise money for a proposed playground in memory of Quinn Butt, who was allegedly murdered last month in Carbonear.

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RNC officers spent the day in the Canadian Tire parking lot in Mount Pearl, selling bags of mulch for $7.00 each, with hopes to raise $7,000 in total for the Quinn's Place Playground, a project and idea launched by Paradise man Adam Stead.

Sgt. Kevin Foley told CBC that Saturday's fundraiser for the playground came about when Avalon Towing owner Greg Rice suggested that there was money to be made if the RNC could help him bag mulch from his property to sell to the public.

"Basically he supplied the product and we supplied the labour," Foley said.

"He had this idea that we could sell mulch to support this cause with Quinn's Place, so this past Thursday we had officers from support services go to the Avalon Towing yard in St. John's Park, and we bagged a thousand bags of mulch."

Foley said business was good throughout the day, and with the help of police dog Gunner and two of the RNC police horses, there was a lot of interest from people driving by.

In addition to donations from the public, Foley said they also received a number of corporate donations.