Giving Back 2023
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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
