The annual bottle drive fundraiser for the Aldergrove 1922 Royal Canadian Army Cadets is returning after a five-year hiatus.

While some activities for the cadets are covered through other funds, cadet support committee chair Shawna Winter said they heavily rely on donations.

Some events held thanks to donations include pizza nights, barbecues, and the end of year activities like Wild Play or bowling, she said.

鈥淎ny donations are appreciated,鈥� Winter said.

The bottle drive will be at the Naval Radio Section in the front parking lot on Saturday, Feb. 24, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

鈥淵ou can drop off your bottles, and we will have cadets and volunteers ready to assist you,鈥� Winter added.

For those who cannot make it to the bottle drive but still want to donate, they can drop their bottles off at any Return-It depot and use account number 778-982-9731 and the funds will go towards the Aldergrove army cadets.

People with questions can contact Winter at psc1922@outlook.com.

The NRS is located at 3900 272nd St.

Built during the Second World War, Aldergrove remains the Royal Canadian Navy鈥檚 primary communications relay site for Maritime Forces Pacific, receiving high and low frequency signals used in long-distance radio communications.

A second, related base, in Matsqui near Sumas Mountain, has a transmitting station.

Early in the war, naval radio communications was run from Vancouver Island, near the major base and docks at Esquimalt, but interference was a serious problem.

In 1942, a decision was made to build new stations, on 1,220 acres in Aldergrove and 230 acres in Matsqui, which, in Aldergrove, includes a large buffer zone to prevent electromagnetic interference from local development.

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