A young boy received a standing ovation in the House of Assembly this week for his fundraising efforts towards the local fire department.

Placentia West-Bellevue MHA Jeff Dwyer rose in the House of Assembly to highlight nine-year-old Jay Walters of Boat Harbour.

Dwyer explains that the boy was in Kindergarten when the Baine Harbour volunteer fire department visited his school.

Feeling inspired to help the department with the high cost of keeping fuel in their vehicles, Walters saved up $100 dollars and donated it to the department in memory of his grandfather—who served in that very department.

As a thank you, the boy was gifted his grandfather’s old bunker jacket. But, Walters didn’t stop his efforts there. Between 2019 and May of this year, he has donated $3,900 dollars to the department.