Giving Back 2023
January 11, 2023

We're proud to be a Community-Minded business. 

We give back to the communities we serve in various ways through out the year. We collaborate with local non-profits to make an impact where we live, sponsor various events through out the year and more. This article will be updated regularly to keep our members and customers informed about what we're doing to give back in 2023. 

January

McKenzie Place  January Residents Birthday Cake

PWA Band Society – Refreshment Sponsorship for Band Concert Fundraiser

PWA Grad  Gift card to help 2023 grad

Northern Redneck Riders – 2023 Finals Sponsor

Grande Prairie Family Education Society — Gift Card Donation — Kaleidoscope Grief & Loss Group for Adults

2DayFm Sock Drive In Support of Wapiti House & Saint Lawrence Center  900 pairs of socks

Tiny Hands of Hope  Illuminate the Night Gala  Dessert Table Sponsor

Alzheimer Society of AB and Northwest Territories  Additional support

Holy Cross Church Grande Cache  Large veggie lovers deluxe and fruit deluxe tray for Vic's wake

Mackenzie Place  Monthly Birthday cake for residents

Chautauqua Days 2023  Gift cards for Classic Car Show winners

Société des Amis de l'école Héritage  Gift cards for prize calendar fundraiser in Falher

Rising Above  2023 Hope Lives Banquet Sponsorship

Smoky River Transportation  Fuel Sponsorship to provide transportation to residents of the Smoky River Region to and from communities for medical, cultural, recreational, shopping or personal purposes

Grande Prairie Regional Agricultural Exhibition Society  Candy Sponsorship for the Kids Candy Toss at Evergreen Park

Parkside Montessori School  Cookies and cupcakes for the Family Valentine's Dance

Ecole St. Gerard School  Gift cards for Family Fun Dance

Centre for Young Parents January 3% Thursday recipient

Grande Cache Transition House – January 3% Thursday recipient

Valleyview Food Bank January 3% Thursday recipient

Sexsmith Food Bank January 3% Thursday recipient

Hythe Food Bank January 3% Thursday recipient

Hillside School  Donated fresh sandwiches, cookies & oranges for the entire school

Hillside School  Gift Cards for school snack program

Saskatoon Lake Agricultural Society  Spring Fling Silent Auction Item

Wapiti Meadows District —  Assorted Cookies for BP Thinking Day

Jean Cote Family Day Event  Prizes for the kids

Valleyview Gymnastics Club  Cupcakes for Daddy Daughter Dance

Helping Hands  Bread Bags

Swanavon School  Assorted Cookies for students & Teachers

PARDS  2023 Fuel Sponsorship

Resource Centre for Suicide Prevention — January Coin Box recipient 

February

McKenzie Place — February Residents Birthday Cake

Grande Prairie Lions Club Annual Fundraiser  Silent auction item

Savanna Agricultural Society Annual Fundraiser  Silent auction item

4H Alberta  $1000 in scholarships for 2023 recipients 

Rycroft School  Gift Cards for school snack program

Summitview School Grande Cache  Gift Cards for school snack program

Derek Taylor School  Gift Cards for school snack program

Harry Gray School Vallyview  Gift Cards for school snack program

Harry Balfour School  Gift Cards for school snack program

St. Stephens School Valleyview  Gift Cards for school snack program

Tangent Social Club  Silent auction item

City of Grande Prairie  Family Day at Eastlink Centre Sponsorship

Town of Valleyview  300 cupcakes for Family Day Event

Andrea Vavrek Dine & Dance  Silent auction item

Woking Playgroup  Gift card for playgroup program

Canadian Mental Health Association  Coldest Night of The Year Team Pledge

LAHF Troup  Silent Auction item

Laglace School — Gift Cards for school snack program

St. Kateri Catholic School  Cookies to decorate for Winter Carnival

GP Catholic Family Services — February 3% Thursday recipient

Salvation Army – February 3% Thursday recipient

Grande Cache Food Bank — February 3% Thursday recipient

Fairview Food Bank — February 3% Thursday recipient

Beaverlodge Food Bank — February 3% Thursday recipient

Wembley United Church Food Bank — February 3% Thursday recipient

Alberta Mental Health Foundation  February Coin Box recipient

Alberta Mental Health Foundation — February Window Decal program

March

McKenzie Place — March Residents Birthday Cake

Hillside Canadian Tour 2023  Valleyview Gift Card Fundraiser 

Grande Prairie & Area Safe Communities  Food sponsorship for RIISK programming

Wellington Resource Centre FCSS  Full Slab cake for Senior week celebration

Troyanda Society of Ukrainian Culture & Heritage  Sugar cookies to decorate at the Vitaemo Festival

Threads of Life  Food sponsorship for walk/run

Compassion House Foundation  Community Sponsorship for "Walk Her Way 5K"

Sexsmith Farmers Market  Reusable bag sponsorship for 2023 season

Société CKRP Radio Rivière-La-Paix in Falher  Kids prize for Radioathon 

Grande Prairie Public Library  Little Free Pantry Food & Hygiene sponsorship 

Tom Hill Memorial Dart Tournament in Grande Cache  Prize for Raffle Table 

Routhier School in Falher  Popcorn Machine and popcorn donation for school dance trip fundraiser 

Odyssey House — March 3% Thursday recipient

Wapiti House — March 3% Thursday recipient

Mountain Metis Youth Connections – March 3% Thursday recipient

Spirit River FCSS — March 3% Thursday recipient

Smoky River FCSS — March 3% Thursday recipient

PARDS  March Coin Box recipient

OAP School Valleyview — Gift Cards for school snack program

Grande Cache Community Events Foundation  Gold  Community major event sponsorship

Alzheimer Society of Alberta and Northwest Territories  Speed Racer Sponsorship for the 2023 Alzheimer's Walk

Grande Prairie Friendship Centre  Live Auction Sponsor for the Grande Gathering Gala

Canadian Cancer Society  Bananas, muffins, oranges and granola bars for participants at the 2023 CIBC Run for the Cure

Hythe & Area Community Program (FCSS)  Full Slab cake for Senior week celebration

United Way Alberta Northwest  Co-op Liquor Basket to auction at the Mending Mental Health at Madhatters event

Alexander Forbes School  Gift Cards for school snack program

Ridley Enterprises Inc  Water Sponsor for the Bubble Chase 5K

Regional EMS Foundation  2023 NAT Van Fuel Sponsorship 

April

McKenzie Place — April Residents Birthday Cake

Friends of Grande Spirit Foundation — April Coin Box recipient

Grande Prairie Friendship Centre — April 3% Thursday recipient

Grande Prairie Youth Emergency Shelter (Sunrise House) — April 3% Thursday recipient

Grande Cache Transition House – April 3% Thursday recipient

Valleyview Food Bank — April 3% Thursday recipient

Sexsmith Food Bank — April 3% Thursday recipient

Hythe and District Food Bank  April 3% Thursday recipient

Northreach Society 2SLGHTQ+  Youth Summer Camp Food Sponsorship

Ignite Youth Centre  Cleanbox Sponsorship

Harry Balfour School  Dessert Sponsorship for Art Walk

Grande Prairie & District Golden Age Centre  April Pancake Breakfast Sponsorship 

Sexsmith & District Museum Society  Door Prize for Springtime in Paris fundraiser

Town of Valleyview — Flower Basket Sponsorship

Whispering Pines Lodge Grande Cache — Spring Tea door prize

Elks of Canada  $400 for Hythe's Citizen of the Year supper

PARDS  Petting Zoo Sponsor at 2023 Carnival & Cook-Off

Wild North Rabbit Club  $500 sponsorship for 2024 Spring Show

AHS  Appreciation prizes for National Nurses Week

MNP  Donut Day partnership with proceeds going to Salvation Army

Grande Prairie 4-H Club  Donuts for Achievement Days 

Valleyview 4-H Club  Free cookies for Achievement Days

May

McKenzie Place — May Residents Birthday Cake

Grande Prairie & District Golden Age Centre — May Pancake Breakfast Sponsorship

Alzheimer's Awareness Society — May Coin Box recipient

Centre for Young Parents Grande Prairie — May 3% Thursday recipient

Babies Best Start — May 3% Thursday recipient

Grande Cache Food Bank – May 3% Thursday recipient

Fairview Food Bank — May 3% Thursday recipient

Beaverlodge Food Bank — May3% Thursday recipient

Wembley United Church Food Bank — May 3% Thursday recipient

Grande Prairie Family Education Society  Gift card for seminar to help families after addiction

Town of Valleyview  Canada Day cupcake sponsorship

Royal Canadian Air Cadets Squadron  Gift card for Spring Field Training Exercise 

Jean-Cote Community Centre  Gift card for volunteer appreciation BBQ

Wanham Plowing Match  Bronze sponsorship

School of the cross  Donuts for safe grad

Grande Prairie Live Theatre  2 Scholarship registrations for the Rising Star Drama Camp

Grande Prairie Kin Club  Liquor Basket for Silent Auction

Fourteen 14  4 cases of water to support their Free water to the community

Valleyview Evacuation Centre  Half a pallet of water, sandwich trays, case of oranges, bananas and juice boxes

GPFC One Window Resource  Mini Hygiene bags for wild fire evacuees

Grande Prairie Family Centered Coalition Donuts for Early Childhood Educators Day

Big Fish Derby  Gift card to purchase food for derby

Jean Cote Playground Enhancement Project  Gift card to purchase food for Mother's Day brunch

Central Peace Firefighter's Association  Co-op Liquor Basket for 3rd Annual Golf Tournament 

Northwestern Alberta Emergency Response  Donating $2 from every car wash purchased from May 11-31st

The Chateau  Grocery Cart for seniors at residence

Roy Bickell School  13 dozen donuts for "Donuts for Grown ups"

Grande Spirit Foundation  Liquor Basket for Silent Auction in support of golf tournament

Grande Cache Municipal Library  $500 pantry sponsorship

Sexsmith District Community Foundation  Liquor Basket for Silent Auction in support of golf tournament 

Nitehawk  Liquor Basket for Silent Auction in support of landslide remediation

IV Macklin  Gift card for School Carnival BBQ

ACFA regionale de Grande Prairie  Gift card to assist with La St-Jean Baptiste BBQ

Savanna School  Silent Auction item for Year Book fundraiser

Grande Prairie Regional Association of Volunteer Organization  Gift Card for Door Prize

June

McKenzie Place — June Residents Birthday Cake

Grande Prairie & District Golden Age Centre — June Pancake Breakfast Sponsorship

Canadian Mental Health Association — June Coin Box recipient

GP Catholic Family Services — June 3% Thursday recipient

Salvation Army – June 3% Thursday recipient

Mountain Metis Youth Connections — June 3% Thursday recipient

Spirit River FCSS — June 3% Thursday recipient

Smoky River FCSS — June 3% Thursday recipient

Central Peace Food Bank — June 3% Thursday recipient

Falher Honey Festival Committee  Gift Card for Honey Festival Pancake Breakfast 

Sweathouse Community Centre  Water & Snacks for Firefighters

Grande Prairie Composite High School  Silent Auction item for Football Fundraiser

Grande Prairie Downtown Association  Food donation for volunteers at the Street Performers Festival

Ecole Heritage  Marking Paint for Colour Blast Fun Run

Charles Spencer High School  Reuseable Bags for Grad Class

South Peace Horse Club  10 Dozen Buns for the South Peace Horse Trials

The Hythe & District Agricultural Society  Product Donation for the 47th Annual Agricultural Fair 

Clairmont Agricultural Society  Product Donation for Fall Fair & Exhibition 

Just a Guy  $100 Gift Card for Sea to Sea for PTSD Fundraiser

July

McKenzie Place — July Residents Birthday Cake

Grande Prairie & District Golden Age Centre — July Pancake Breakfast Sponsorship

In The Woods, Grande Cache Animal Society & Bandaged Paws — July Coin Box recipient

Odyssey House — July 3% Thursday recipient

Wapiti House – July 3% Thursday recipient

Grande Cache Transition House — July 3% Thursday recipient

Valleyview Food Bank — July 3% Thursday recipient

Sexsmith Food Bank — July 3% Thursday recipient

Hythe and District Food Bank — July 3% Thursday recipient

Town of Falher  Free Public Swim Silver Sponsorship 

United Way  Cooper Pencils & Co-op Granola Bars for Tools for School Program

Youth on The Rise  Co-op Snacks & Drinks for Friendship Project Camp

Ronald McDonald House Charities of AB  Co-op Pies for Shoot For The House

Grande Prairie Youth Emergency Shelter  Lock purchase for Locking out Youth Homelessness fundraiser

Birch Hills Seniors  24 water bottles x 5 for upcoming music festival attendees

Valleyview AG Society  Co-op Gift Cards for Stampede BBQ supplies

Western Cree Tribal Council  Co-op Giftcards for Sturgeon Lake PowWow

Grade Three Reading University  Co-op Gift Cards for BBQ supplies

Archie Harvey Memorial Golf Tournament  Liquor Basket for Silent Auction

A&W  Gifts Cards for MS Society Silent Auction

Mountain Plains Community Services Society of the North  Full Slab Cake for Carnival 

Valleyview Pride Society  Water for Community Block Party

Nord-Quest FM  Gift card to help with Fête de la Days 


August

McKenzie Place — August Residents Birthday Cake

Grande Prairie & District Golden Age Centre — August Pancake Breakfast Sponsorship

Kidsport — August Coin Box recipient

Grande Prairie Friendship Centre — August 3% Thursday recipient

GPYESS Sunrise House – August 3% Thursday recipient

Grande Cache Food Bank — August 3% Thursday recipient

Fairview Food Bank — August3% Thursday recipient

Beaverlodge Food Bank — August3% Thursday recipient

Wembley United Church Food Bank — August 3% Thursday recipient

Grande Prairie Family Education Society  Giftcards for Family Fun Day BBQ supplies

Savanna Agricultural Society  Silent Auction Item

Legion Branch #54  Silent Auction Item

Peace Wapiti School Division  Swag Bags for Bus Driver Seminar

Bear Lake Growing Project  Donuts for annual Harvest Lunch

Sorrentino's Compassion House — Rycroft Community BBQ recipient

Stollery Children's Hospital "Lemonade Stand" Fundraiser  Lemons for Lemonade

Grande Prairie Firefighters Charitable Foundation  Liquor Basket for Bunnock Tournament Silent Auction

Grande Prairie Legion Branch 54  Cupcakes for First Responders Appreciation Day


September

Centre for Young Parents Grande Prairie — September 3% Thursday recipient

Babies Best Start — September 3% Thursday recipient

Grande Cache Food Bank – September 3% Thursday recipient

Fairview Food Bank — September 3% Thursday recipient

Beaverlodge Food Bank — September 3% Thursday recipient

Wembley United Church Food Bank — September 3% Thursday recipient

McKenzie Place — September Residents Birthday Cake

Grande Prairie & District Golden Age Centre — September Pancake Breakfast Sponsorship

Canadian Breast Cancer  — September Coin Box recipient

Wellington Resource Center  Gift Cards for Senior Snack Program

Sexsmith Farmers Market  Co-op Grocery Bags

ATCO EPIC  Liquor Basket for Silent Auction

Hillside School (Grande Prairie)  Gift Cards for school snack program

Laglace School  Gift Cards for school snack program

Valhalla School  Gift Cards for school snack program

Hillside Jr. Sr. High School (Valleyview)  Gift Cards for school snack program

Summitview School (Grande Cache)  Gift Cards for school snack program

Grande Cache Community School  Gift Cards for school snack program

Derek Taylor School  Gift Cards for school snack program

Rycroft School  Gift Cards for school snack program

Harry Gray School (Valleyview)  Gift Cards for school snack program

Woking Playgroup  Gift Cards for snack program

Harry Balfour School — Gift Cards for school snack program

Peace Wapiti Academy High School — Gift Cards for school snack program

St. Stephen's Catholic School (Valleyview)  Gift Cards for school snack program

Whispering Ridge School  Water for Halloween Dance 

GPPL Sewing retreat  Door Prize

Glitz'd Boutique  Silent Auction for Fundraiser Gala

Iosegun Manor  Bronze Leaf Sponsorship

Beaverlodge Area Cultural Society  Tea Room Sponsorship

Hythe Regional High School  Donut Fundraiser Sponsorship

Paizley's Purses & Bentley's Backpacks foundation  Gift card for Gala

Riverstone Parents Society  Sponsorship towards Pumpkin Fundraiser

October

GP Catholic Family Services — October 3% Thursday recipient

Salvation Army – October 3% Thursday recipient

Grande Cache Transition House — October 3% Thursday recipient

Valleyview Food Bank — October 3% Thursday recipient

Sexsmith Food Bank — October 3% Thursday recipient

Hythe Food Bank — October 3% Thursday recipient

McKenzie Place — October Residents Birthday Cake

Grande Prairie & District Golden Age Centre — October Pancake Breakfast Sponsorship

Grande Prairie Auxiliary Hospital Foundation  — October Coin Box recipient

C. Moore In Education  Gift card towards snacks for autism social group

Ecole St. Gerard School  Gift cards for Playground Fundraiser

Riverstone School  Donation towards pumpkin fundraiser

Paizely's Purses & Bentey's Backpacks Fundraiser  Gift card for Silent Auction 

Hythe Regional High School  Donation towards donuts for school fundraiser

Northern Light Show  Cooper Lights at Evergreen Park

Oscar Adolphson Primary School  Gift Cards for school snack program

Hillside Jr. Sr. High School  Gift Card Fundraiser for school trip

Crickett Crushes Cancer  Silent Auction item

4H Alberta  New membership sponsorship

Cerebral Palsy Alberta  Sponsorship for Valleyview "Splash Time" and "Pony and Me" Therapy

Rotary Clubs of Grande Prairie  Dessert for Dessert Auction 

Hythe Community Center  Silent Auction Item for New Year's Eve Fundraiser Gala

NOWDS  Silent Auction item for fundraiser

Peace Wapiti Band Class — Refreshment Sponsor for PWA Band Fundraiser

Roy Bickell School — Door Prize for Family Movie Night 

Northwestern Polytechnic Students Association Food Sponsorship for "Room of Plenty" on-campus food bank

Grande Prairie Regional Hospital Foundation Liquor Basket for 2day FM's Father Daughter Ball

Golden Age Centre October Pancake Breakfast

Holy Cross Catholic School School Snack Program

Girouxville Club Etoile  Gift Cards for Chilli & a Bun Supper

Grande Prairie & Area Safe Communities  Halloween Candy for Trick-or-Treating Event

Centre d'Auppui de la Famille et de l'Enfrance Nord-Ouest  Gift Cards for Christmas Family Brunch

Sexsmith and District Museum Society  Silent Auction Item Donation

Sexsmith Secondary School Travel Club  Silent Auction Item for Fundraiser

McLennan Golden Age Centre  Full Slab Cake for Senior's Celebration

November

United Way — Nov Coin Box recipient

Odyssey House — Nov 3% Thursday recipient

Wapiti House – Nov 3% Thursday recipient

Grande Cache Food Bank — Nov 3% Thursday recipient

Fairview Food Bank — Nov 3% Thursday recipient

Beaverlodge Food Bank — Nov 3% Thursday recipient

Wembley United Church Food Bank — Nov 3% Thursday recipient

South Peace Rural Community Learning  Gift Card for school programming

McKenzie Place  November Resident Cake

The Grande Prairie Boys Choir Society  Cookies, juice boxes and oranges for concert

Odyssey House  Adopt-A-Family 

Wapiti Wellness Society  Sponsorship for aquatic therapy program

Wapiti House  Jackets for the house

Busy Bee Daycare  Pumpkins for daycare

Golden Age Centre  November Pancake Breakfast

FABuLAS  Giftcard for Falher Christmas Expo

Georges P. Vanier School  Gift card for their school trip fundraiser

Derek Taylor Public School  Cookies icing and sprinkles for Family Holiday Carnival

Kids in Care Christmas  Cookies icing and sprinkles for Family Holiday Carnival

Aspen Grove School  Gift cards for Christmas Family program

Grande Prairie Care Centre  A variety of trays for Family Christmas Tea Party

Grande Prairie Public Library  Cookies icing and sprinkles for Holiday PJ Party

Ecole Heritage School  Gift Card Fundraiser in Falher

FCC Hunger  Food for food drive in Falher

Lions Club of Rycroft & District  Hams for Turkey and Ham Holiday Bingo

Helping Hands Society of Grande Prairie  Box of Bread Bags

December

McKenzie Place — December Residents Birthday Cake

Grande Prairie & District Golden Age Centre — December Pancake Breakfast Sponsorship

Good Buy to Hunger — December Coin Box recipient

Grande Prairie Friendship Centre — December 3% Thursday recipient

GPYESS Sunrise House – December 3% Thursday recipient

Grande Cache Food Bank — December 3% Thursday recipient

Fairview Food Bank — December 3% Thursday recipient

Beaverlodge Food Bank — December 3% Thursday recipient

Wembley United Church Food Bank — December 3% Thursday recipient

Veterans Association Food Bank Grande Prairie  Hams for Christmas Dinners

Red Apple Toy Drive Falher  Cookies

Christmas Convoy  Donuts

Ecole Heritage School  Milk sponsorship

Clairmont Community School  Cookies for Christmas Carnival

IV Macklin School  Gift card to help with Christmas School Dinner

Daphna Homecare & Supports  Gift card to help purchase hygiene products & food for new home

Swanavon School  Gift Card to help with Christmas Lantern Fundraiser

County of GP Firefighters Charitable Foundation  Turkey's for Christmas Hampers

Total Community Giving for 2023 $257,506.51

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