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Home M. Guy Bertrand Divers Archives Archives 2007 Archives 2008 Archives 2009 June 2009 July 2009 ChronologieCédrika Rosebush for Cédrika Picture of Cédrika Children Space Contact the Family Sign My guesbookA Rosebush in honour of Cedika The Provencher family, from Trois-Rivières, accepted to give their daughter's name to a rosebush. Part of the funds from the Cédrika Provencher rosebush sale will be given to the family or to the Cédrika-Provencher foundation in order to finance the search in the hope of finding the girl who's been missing since July 31st, 2007. In order for this project to be accepted, we would need 2000 names to show the population's interest to the rosebush's producer. If you would like to give your name and get a Cédrika-Provencher rosebush, all you have to do is send an e-mail to rosiercedrika@hotmail.fr If you would like to know more about this project, which also serves the purpose of preventing other unfortunate events like Cédrika's story, 1-819-840-8519 The funds will be used to finance the search to find little Cédrika. Cédrika Provencher's disappearance A Cédrika rosebush Sylvie Carrier, Chantal béland, who was one of the first volunteers after Cédrika's disappearance, would like to change a rosebush's name and give it the girl's name instead. She hopes to help finance the search for Cédrika and help other families with missing children by finding 2500 buyers for the rosebush. "I have a little boy who's the same age as Cédrika and I am outraged to see that someone could do this to a child" says Mrs Béland. The 39 years old woman, who is a cook in a Trois-Rivières daycare, was deeply affected by Cédrika's disappearance and immediately volunteered to help the family in their search. 200 days 200 days later, Martin Provencher and his incredible team were running out of funds. This is when Mrs Béland and a friend had the idea of selling rosebushes to raise more funds for the search. They contacted the owners of Roses Drummond, one of the province's biggest producer of roses and asked them to change one of their rosebush's name to Cédrika-Provencher. "We did not accept right away" says Emmanuel Bertrand from Roses Drummond. "Changing a rosebush's name implies a lot of work and is not easy. But we said yes because it was for a very good cause, and it affected a lot of people". A rosebush for Cédrika It is the girl's father and grand-father who chose the rosebush, the Rosie-O'Donnell, named after the americain actress. This rosebush is part of the tea hybrids category and gives a wonderful red and yellow flower. Roses Drummond then asked the American Rose Society, who is responsible of managing the commercial names for roses, to change the rosebush's name. In Québec it is now called Cédrika-Provencher, but it remained Rosie-O'Donnell for the rest of Canada and the United-States. "It is a very nice rosebush, and it is rare in Québec. But be careful, in autumn, you have to trim it to 8 inches high, cover it and fill the cover with dead leaves" says Mr Bertrand. But in order for Roses Drummond to send an order, Mrs Béland has to find at least 2500 people who would be interested in buying the rosebush for 25$ each (28,21$ with taxes). The funds will be used to finance the search, but will also be given to the Cédrika-Provencher foundation, an upcoming organism who will help families dealing with a child's disappearance. "A child's disappearance is a situation that should not even exist", says Chantale Béland. Trois-Rivières A rosebush for Cédrika Provencher Updated: March 2nd 2008, 8:04pm Quebecers will soon be able to help find Cédrika while they take care of their garden. A rosebush will be named after the missing girl. 2500 rosebushes will be sold throughout the province and 800 of them already found buyers. With this initiative, more than 20 000$ could be raised to finance the family's search for Cédrika. The organisers are hoping that, as soon as next year, the raised money will be given to the Cédrika-Provencher foundation, an upcoming organism to help the families dealing with a child's disappearance. Two mothers from the Trois-Rivières area, Claire Lefebvre et Chantal Béland, initiated the rosebush project, which was made possible with the help of Roses Drummond enterprises. "I believe that the rosebush is there to send the message that everybody will have their rosebush and that children should not be harmed", says Claire Lefebvre. Already a thousand reservations People fight for the Cédrika rosebush Archive picture by Claude Riveest Daniel Renaud Le journal de Montréal (Montréal's newspaper) March 11th 2008 5:58am - Updated on March 11th 2008 8:52am Chantale Béland, one of the project's initiators, is surprised by the demand. In Québec, the Cédrika Provencher rosebush is so popular that the Californian supplier cannot meet the demand. "This is wonderful. It is beyond our expectations", says a surprised Chantale Béland, volunteer and co-initiator of the project "A rosebush for Cédrika". Since the newspaper published her initiative, ten days ago, 1000 people have already reserved their Cédrika Provencher rosebush. Roses Drummond enterprise, her partner in this project, has ordered 2500 plants from his californian supplier. With the rosebush's growing popularity, Mrs Béland is now hoping to sell up to 4000 plants, but it seems like it is a number that will be hard to reach. "I think we will be able to get 1000 more maximum", says Emmanuel Bertrand from Roses Drummond. "We are already in March, and they are selling quickly. Since this rosebush is also being sold under the name of Rosie O'Donnell in the rest of Canada and the United States, I'm not the only buyer", adds Mr Bertrand. A cooperative joins in Next Friday, the volunteers will announce that another enterprise, the Coop Fédérée, will join the project and will be selling the rosebush in its 150 hardware stores of the province, quincailleries Coop and Unimat. "We have 200 employees in Trois-Rivières who were affected by Cédrika's story", says Éloïse Gagnon from the Coop. "It was natural for us to get involved." In order to cover the distribution costs, the rosebush will be sold for 29,99$. For each rosebush sold, an amount between 10$ and 12$ will be given for Cédrika's search. If 3500 rosebushes are sold, the money raised could reach 40 000$. About 1800 Cédrika rosebushes have found buyers Published on May 9th 2008 at 9:56am - Updated at 9:59am Presse Canadienne (Canadian Press) Trois-Rivières The Cédrika Provencher rosebushes are now available in some hardware stores of the Mauritians. People who did not reserve their rosebush will have to hurry because 1800 out of 2000 rosebushes have already been sold. "We are extremely busy", says Éloïse Gagnon, agronomist and adviser in horticultural products at the Coop Fédérée. Next week, about 1000 more rosebushes will be available. "We will easily sell all 3000 of them", adds Mrs Gagnon. "After those, we will have to wait until next year to get some more. The producer has run out. The demand was really high", she says. The volunteers, who have been working on this project for three months, are really happy to see the great outcome of their efforts. "For us, it is a way to make sure that people don't forget about Cédrika". It is also a symbol for other missing children. "Not only do people now have a nice rosebush in their backyard, but they are also helping us to find Cédrika", says Claire Lefebvre. All profits, 10$ per rosebush, will go for the search for Cédrika. "It allows us to maintain the investigations without worrying about every penny involved. There were times when we had trouble checking some informations because we didn't have enough money", says Cédrika's grand-father, Henri Provencher. The Provencher family is deeply touched by the initiative and by the public's reaction towards the project. "It is impressive to see that so many rosebushes are already sold. The public has been participating a lot and is very generous", says Martin Provencher, Cédrika's father. All 3000 Cédrika Provencher rosebushes are sold. May 19th 2008 All 3000 Cédrika Provencher rosebushes are already sold. 1000 of them will be distributed next week, but have already been reserved. Stores were sold out within a week. "It's wonderful. People have been fighting for them, but now we will have to wait until next year", says volunteer Chantale Béland. She distributed about 150 rosebushes from her house, and within two days, they were gone. "I still have people calling me to get one, but we ran out", she says. Éloïse Gagnon, from the Coop Fédérée, adds "There was a flood of phone calls. People from Trois-Rivières and all our stores have placed another order". It's not only the fact that it's for a good cause, but also the rosebushes quality that had people seduced. "People fell in love with them because they were so nice and of such good quality. People were showing up in the stores and were asking for them. It was a really interesting product and it was for a good cause too. Along with the rosebush came a little sign telling Cédrika's story, which gave people the feeling that they did something important, and they were proud about it", says Mme Gagnon. The rosebush was distributed in about 90 hardware stores affiliated with the Coop Fédérée, scattered across the province. Those who were not able to get their Cédrika rosebush will probably be able to get it next year. Mme Béland hopes that there will be more rosebushes available. "Every hardware store I spoke to told me that they did not have enough plants and that the demand was huge. I think that if we could have had 10 000 rosebushes, we probably would have sold every one of them". Even people living in other countries were asking if they could get one. "We would have delivered them by airmail if we were able to", she adds. This rosebush had a lot of meaning for people, and a lot of them were disappointed about the fact that they could not get one. "The public's reaction was so nice. People were encouraging and very generous", says a happy Mme Béland. She hopes that people will remember Cédrika when they look at their roses. "Cédrika has to remain present in people's lives." In Trois-Rivières, a rose garden made out of 50 rosebushes was built yesterday. The horticultural departement of the city considered building it on the corner of Des Berges street and Des Cheneaux boulevard, but finally decided to build it on the Saint-Maurice walkway, which is a little higher on Des Cheneaux. Their decision was based on the fact that the rosebushes were more likely to be damaged during winter on the corner of Des Berges and Des Cheneaux. "On the Saint-Maurice walkway, it is easier to protect and maintain the rosebushes. There are also paths and benches. It is more accessible for people and the sight is nicer. Our goal was to have the best location for those rosebushes", says Joan Lefebvre, city counselor. The rosegarden has cost 3000$ to build, and the funds came from the city's horticultural budget. With this rosegarden, the city whishes to encourage the Provencher family, but also to remind other families to be careful. "We hope that this rosegarden will have several meanings for people. Is it very symbolic", says Mr Yvan Toutant, spokesperson for the city of Trois-Rivières. The rosegarden's inauguration will be done by the Provencher family next Tuesday. Presse Canadienne (Canadian Press)