Giving Back 2024
ActionsWe're dedicated to being community-minded. We work together with local non-profits to make a difference, sponsor events throughout the year, and contribute to the communities we serve in a variety of ways. To keep our members and customers up-to-date on our efforts to give back, we'll continually update this article with information on our initiatives in 2024.
January
McKenzie Place — January Residents Birthday Cake
Golden Age Centre — Monthly pancake breakfast donation
Centre for Young Parents — January 3% Thursday recipient
Babies Best Start — 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 and District Food Bank — January 3% Thursday recipient
Resource Centre for Suicide Prevention — January Coin Box recipient
2DayFm Sock Drive In Support of Wapiti House & Saint Lawrence Center — 580 pairs of socks
Troyanda Society of Ukrainian Culture & Heritage — Liquor Basket for Silent Auction at Malanka
Pregnacy Care Centre — Silent Auction Liquor Basket for Together We Shine Gala
Club E toile D' Age D' or de Girouxville — Gift card to help with Fun Day Event
GP Lions Club — Movie Night Basket for Silent Auction item at Wing Night Fundraiser
Valleyview Gymnastics Club — Cupcakes for Daddy Daughter Dance
GP Live Theatre — Youth Summer Camp registration sponsorship and Co-op Food gift in kind
Jean Cote Family Day Event — Prizes for kids
Woking Multiplex — Movie Night Basket for Silent Auction Fundraiser
St. Joseph Catholic High School Parent Council — Movie Night Basket for Silent Auction Fundraiser
St. Kateri Playground Society — Movie Night Basket for Silent Auction Fundraiser
OAP School Valleyview — Gift cards for School Snack Program
Derek Taylor Public School — Gift cards for School Snack Program
Rycroft School — Gift cards for School Snack Program
Hillside Community School — Gift cards for School Snack Program
St. Stephens School Valleyview — Gift cards for School Snack Program
Grande Cache Community High School — Gift cards for School Snack Program
Valhalla School — Gift cards for School Snack Program
Summitview School Grande Cache — Gift cards for School Snack Program
February
McKenzie Place — February Residents Birthday Cake
Golden Age Centre — Monthly pancake breakfast donation
Centre for Young Parents — February 3% Thursday recipient
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
Beaverldoge Food Bank — February 3% Thursday recipient
Wembley United Church Food Bank — February 3% Thursday recipient
Communities in Mind (Mental Health Foundation) — February Coin Box recipient
Harry Balfour School — Gift cards for School Snack Program
Peace Wapiti High School — Gift cards for School Snack Program
South Peace Rural Community Learning — Gift cards for School Snack Program
STARS — S'more kits for Skijoring fundraiser
Town of Valleyview — Hotdogs and buns for Family Day event
Wellington Resource Centre — 2 Full slabs for Seniors Intergenerational Luncheon
Girl Guides of Canada — Wapiti Meadows District — Cookies for thinking day
Alzheimer Society — Nature Walker Sponsorship for Walk for Alzheimer's
Odyssey House — GrandeCon Kidszone sponsorship
Rising Above — Hope Lives Banquet sponsorship
Big Brothers Big Sisters — Ultimate Escape Dinner sponsorship
Northern Redneck Riders — Northern Redneck Riders Finals sponsorship
Northern Rural Chicks — Gift card for Woman's Day Event
Rycroft Arena — Gift Baskets for winter Frolic
St. Kateri Catholic School — Cookie for Winter Carnival
Laglace School — Gift cards for School Snack Program
Club Alouette — Gift Card for Seniors Fun Day
Velocity Volleyball Club — Movie Night Gift Basket for Silent Auction fundraiser
ACFA regionale de Grande Prairie — Cookies for Sugar festival
Troyanda Society of Ukraine Culture & Society — Cookies for Vitaemo Festival
FCSS - Hythe & Area — 2 Full slabs for Seniors Intergenerational Luncheon
Club des Pionniers — Gift Cards for Senior's Fun Day
Parkside Montessori — Gift Card to purchase items for concession at school dance
Special Olympics — Silent Auction Liquor Basket for fundraiser
Alzheimer Society — Coffee and cups for Open House
March
McKenzie Place — March Residents Birthday Cake
Golden Age Centre — Monthly pancake breakfast donation
Babies Best Start — March 3% Thursday recipient
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
Central Peace Food Bank Society — March 3% Thursday recipient
PARDS — March Coin Box recipient
Valleyview Petroleum Association — Silent Auction Liquor Basket for fundraiser
Saskatoon Lake Ag. Society — Movie Night Basket for fundraiser
Grande Prairie Council for Lifelong Learning — Gift cards for snack program
Sexsmith Playschool Society — Gift cards for school snack program
Northwestern Polytechnic — Movie Night Basket for fundraiser
Northwestern Polytechnic — Gift Cards for on campus Food Bank
Hythe & District Agricultural Society — Water for Hythe & District Agricultural Fair
Archie Harvey Memorial Tournament — Bronze Sponsorship
Kleskun Hill Museum — Movie Night Basket for fundraiser
Hythe Fire Fighter Association — Gift Card for Community Easter Egg Hunt
Threads for Life — Co-op product towards Steps for Life Walk
Riverstone School — Theatre Popcorn for Grade Ones
Webster Community Hall Association — Gift Card for Mother/Son, Father/Daughter Gala
QEII Anniversary Committee — 3 Full Slabs for 40th Anniversary Celebration
Harry Gray School — Cupcakes for Easter Cake Walk
Sexsmith Chauatauqua Days — Gift Cards for Classic Car Show
Burden Bears Counseling Centre — Fuel Sponsorship
Central Peace Fire Fighters Association — Golf Basket for Golf Tournament
Veterans Association Food Bank Grande Prairie — Reusable Bags for Food Drive
Beaverlodge High School — Gift Card for Grad Class
Charles Spencer Grad Class — Movie Night Basket for fundraiser
Grande Prairie Public Library — Donuts for Art Class
GPFC Aboriginal Head Start Program — Movie Night Basket for fundraiser
Beaverlodge Chamber of Commerce — Art Walk Sponsorship
April
McKenzie Place — April Residents Birthday Cake
Golden Age Centre — Monthly pancake breakfast donation
Grande Prairie Friendship Centre — April 3% Thursday recipient
GPYESS — Sunrise House — April 3% Thursday recipient
Veterans Association Food Bank Grande Prairie — 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 & District Food Bank — April 3% Thursday recipient
Friends of Grande Spirit Foundation — April Coin Box recipient
Hythe Legion #93 — $500 towards Summer Dine & Dance Fundraiser
Camp Tamarack — Friend of Camp Tamarack Sponsorship
City of Grande Prairie — National Aboriginal Hockey Championships Friendship Sponsor
Smoky River FCSS — Gift card for volunteer appreciation
Town of Valleyview — Muffins and Chocolate milk for 5K Colour Run
Northreach Society — Gift cards for 2sLGBTQ+ Youth Camp
Jean Cote Community & Cultural Development Society — Gift cards for Mother's Day brunch fundraiser
Grande Prairie Firefighters Charitable Foundation — Liquor Basket for Bunnock Tournament
Beaverlodge Area Cultural Society — Co-op product for Tea Room
Foundations For Life — Silver Sponsorship for Golf Tournament
Grande Prairie Lacrosse Association — Movie Night Basket for fundraiser
No Girl Left Behind — Gift Card for Empowerment Day
Canadian Motorcycle Tourism Association — Co-op water and pop for BBQ
Canadian Mental Health Association NW Region — Gift Card to help with community BBQ
City of Grande Prairie — 3 Full Slab cakes for Seniors Biannual Tea
Grande Spirit Foundation — 6 gift baskets for Seniors Week
Ecole Heritage School — $100 Gift card for the Forest Garden
St. John Paul Catholic High School — $100 Gift Card for Foods class "Farm to Fork"
Bear Creek Folk Music Festival Society — Volunteer Food Sponsorship
Valleyview Gives Helping Hands — Sponsorhip to help feed families in Valleyview
St. Catherine Catholic School — $100 towards Ice Cream Party for Jump for Heart Fundraiser
Beaverlodge High School — $200 Gift Card for the Indigenous Grad Ceremony
May
McKenzie Place — May Residents Birthday Cake
Golden Age Centre — Monthly pancake breakfast donation
Centre for Young Parents — May 3% Thursday recipient
GP Catholic Family Services — May 3% Thursday recipient
Salvation Army — May 3% Thursday recipient
Grande Cache Food Bank — May 3% Thursday recipient
Fairview Food Bank — May 3% Thursday recipient
Beaverldoge Food Bank — May3% Thursday recipient
Wembley United Church Food Bank — May 3% Thursday recipient
Alzheimer's Awareness Society — May Coin Box recipient
Cool Aid Society of Grande Prairie — Gift Card for Summer Camp
Friends of the Shannon Library Society — Donuts for Chautauqua Day fundraiser
Ecole St. Gerard School — Donuts for Teacher Appreciation event
Harry Balfour School — Cake for Blast from the Past event
Aspen Grove School — Gift Card for school pancake breakfast
Tee Pee Creek School — Gift card for Far Day
MNP — National Donut Day Partnership raising money for Salvation Army
Hillside Jr/Sr High School — Gift Card for concession fundraiser
Sexsmith & District Comunity Foundation — Movie Night Basket for Golf Tournament fundraiser
Pregnancy Care Centre — Movie Night Basket for Golf Tournament fundraiser
Odysey House — Movie Night Basket for Golf Tournament fundraiser
Nitehawk — Movie Night Basket for fundraiser
Indian Relay Racing — Little Braves Sponsorship
June
McKenzie Place — June Residents Birthday Cake
Golden Age Centre — June pancake breakfast donation
Babies Best Start — June 3% Thursday recipient
Odyssey House — June 3% Thursday recipient
Wapiti House — 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 Society — June 3% Thursday recipient
Canadian Mental Health Association — June Coin Box recipient
Town of Valleyview — Cupcakes for Canada Day
Mountain Plains CSSN — Cake for BBQ Fundraiser
Valleyview Senior Home — Fruit Tray for Seniors Week
Big Horn Golden Age Club — BBQ supplies for community BBQ
Mountain Metis — 400 burgers for National Indigenous Peoples Day
Lady Degenerates — Movie Night Basket for Pub Fundraiser
Horselake First Nation — Freezies for Treaty Day
Lemonade Day — Lemons for a little entrepreneur
Mother Teresa School — Cookies for Teachers Appreciation Day
Pipestone Golf Course — Liquor Basket for Golf Tournament Fundraiser
Roy Bickell Public School — Donuts for "Donuts for Grown Ups"
Fairview & District Lions Club — Movie Night Basket for Music Festival
Crusin to End MS — Prize Baskets for Poker Tournament Fundraiser
GPYESS - Sunrise House — Gift Card for Youth Summer Camp
Grande Prairie Friendship Centre — Donation for National Indigenous Peoples Day Parade
Evergreen Park — Candy Toss Sponsorship
Valleyview Slow Pitch League — Liquor Basket for fundraiser BBQ
GP Downtown — Street Performers Food Sponsorship
Town of Falher — Free public swimming sponsorship
Compassion House Foundation — Tinstletown Title Sponsorship
Canadian Cancer Society — CIBC Run for the Cure snack Sponsorship
Northreach Society — Tool for School Sponsorship
Savanna School — Gift Card for ear End Fundraiser
July
McKenzie Place — July Residents Birthday Cake
Veterans Association Food Bank Grande Prairie — July 3% Thursday recipient
Grande Prairie Friendship Centre — July 3% Thursday recipient
GPYESS Sunrise House — July 3% Thursday recipient
Grande Cache Transition House — July 3% Thursday recipient
Hythe & District Food Bank — July 3% Thursday recipient
Sexsmith Food Bank — July 3% Thursday recipient
Valleyview Food Bank — July 3% Thursday recipient
In the Woods Rescue, Grande Cache Animal Society and Bandaged Paws — July Coin Box recipient
New Dr in Grande Cache — Welcome Basket
South Peace Horse Club — Buns for BBQ
Ronald McDonald House Charities of AB — Pies, whip cream and ice cream for Annual Clay shooting event
Valleyview Ag Society — Gift Cards got Fair & Rodeo
Just a Guy — Gift Card for Sea to Sea for PTSD
GP & Area Nurses Committee — Movie Night Basket for Golf Tournament
Hythe Continuing Care Centre — Gift Card for Bingo
Wapiti Dorm — Water and Freezies during heat wave
Beaverlodge Art and Culture Society — Gift card to help Youth Art Show
Family Education Society — Gift Card for Agency Family Fun Day
Helping Homeless Restart Society — Meat & Gift Card for Fundraiser
Legion Branch #54 — Full Slabs for First Responders Appreciation Day
Mental Wellness Matters Society — Cookie and icing for Family Farm Days
Western Cree Tribal Council — Diapers, wipes, snacks etc for evacuees
Savanna Agricultural Society — Movie Night Basket for 50th Anniversary of Savanna Fair
August
McKenzie Place — August Residents Birthday Cake
Centre for Young Parents Grande Prairie — August 3% Thursday recipient
GP Catholic Family Services — August 3% Thursday recipient
Salvation Army Grande Prairie — August 3% Thursday recipient
Grande Cache Food Bank — August 3% Thursday recipient
Fairview Food Bank — August 3% Thursday recipient
Beaverlodge Food Bank — August 3% Thursday recipient
Wembley United Church Food Bank — August 3% Thursday recipient
Canadian Cancer Society (Run for the Cure) — August Coin Box recipient
Bear Lake Growing Project — Donuts for BLGP Harvest Day
Legion Branch #54 — Movie Night Basket for Golf Tournament
Foundations for life — Movie Night Basket for Fall Banquet
2DayFM — Movie Night Basket for the stations 10th Birthday
Compassion House Foundation — Donation Rycroft's Community BBQ
Veterans Association Food Bank Grande Prairie — Full Slab for Ribbon Cutting
Alzheimer Society — BBQ supplies
Swan City Rotary Club of Grande Prairie — BBQ supplies
Hythe Motor Speedway — BBQ supplies
ACFA Regionale de Rivière-la-Paix — BBQ supplies
One Window Resource — Feminine Hygiene products
Hythe Regional School — Gift Card for donut fundraiser
Clairmont & District Agricultural Society — Pancake Breakfast supplies
Big Horn Golden Age Club — Movie Night Basket for Annual Fundraiser
Big Brothers Big Sisters — Movie Night Basket for Golf Tournament
Grande Prairie Broncos Football Club — Movie Night Basket for Pub Fundraiser
September
Harry Balfour School — School Snack Program
Peace Wapiti Academy — School Snack Program
Hillside Community School — School Snack Program
Students Association of Northwestern Polytechnic — School Snack Program
Kidney Foundation — Kidney Walk top up for the Co-op in The Community Team
Valhalla School — School Snack Program
La Glace School — School Snack Program
Isabell Campbell School — Cookies for the Terry Fox Run
Golden Age Centre — September Pancake Breakfast
Derek Taylor Public School — School Snack Program
Rycroft School — School Snack Program
Harry Gray Elementary — School Snack Program
South Peace Rural Community Learning — School Snack Program
Summitview School — School Snack Program
Grande Prairie Public Library — Gift Card for Family Fall Fair
Staples — Donuts for School Supply Drive
Swanavon School — School Snack Program
Swanavon School — Pumpkins for Fundraiser
STARS — Movie Night Basket for Fundraiser
St. Stephens School — School Snack Program
Beary Best Fundraising Society (OAP School) — School Snack Program
Paizley's Purses and Bentley's Backpacks Foundation — Movie Night Basket for Fundraiser
St. Joseph Catholic School — Movie Night Basket for Grad Fundraiser
St. John Paul II Catholic School — Cake for School Spirit
Hythe Fire Fighters — Liquor Gift Card for Halloween Fundraiser
Veterans Association Food Bank Grande Prairie — October 3% Thursday recipient
Grande Prairie Friendship Centre — October 3% Thursday recipient
GPYESS Sunrise House — October 3% Thursday recipient
Grande Cache Transition House — October 3% Thursday recipient
Hythe & District Food Bank — October 3% Thursday recipient
Sexsmith Food Bank — October 3% Thursday recipient
Valleyview Food Bank — October 3% Thursday recipient
Grande Prairie Hospital Auxiliary Association — October Coin Box recipient
October
Grande Prairie and Area Safe Communities — Halloween candy for Halloween safety event
Roy Bickell Public School — Movie night basket for fundraiser
Valleyview Festival of Trees — Liquor basket for silent auction
Grande Cache Community High School — School Snack Program
Riverstone School — Pumpkins for fundraiser
Mustard Seed — Fuel Sponsorship
Golden Age Centre — Monthly pancake breakfast
Webster Community Hall Association — Gift card for Halloween party
Grande Prairie Care Centre — Gift card for Christmas tea
Stepping Stones Daycare Society — School Snack Program
Sexsmith & District Museum Society — Movie night basket for fundraiser
Royal LePage — Donuts & refreshments for Night Light Walk
McKenzie Place — October residents birthday cake
STARS — Pancake Breakfast
Across the Floor Performing Arts Society — Movie night basket for Fundraiser
Hythe Regional School — Pumpkins for fundraiser
Northern Light Spirit Show — Sponsorship for Light Show
Sexsmith Playschool Society — School Snack Program
Brogan Fire & Safety — Movie night basket for fundraiser
PARDS — Liquor basket for fundraiser
Centre d'appui à la famille et à l'enfance — Gift card for Brunch Familial
Mountian Plains CSSN — Flower bouquet for Masquerade Gala
Salvation Army — Food for the Christmas hampers
Sexsmith Vipers — Movie night basket for U7 Tournament
Sexsmith Secondary School Library — Halloween candy for Halloween in the Library
Western Cree Tribal Council — Movie night basket for Christmas party
Falher & Area Beautification & Leisure Society — Gift card for Falher Christmas Expo
Burden Bears Counseling — Gas cards
Hythe Minor Hockey Association — Movie night basket for U9 Tournament
Worsley Central School — Movie night basket for graduation auction
Immaculate Conception Church — Turkeys for Fall Turkey Dinner
Grande Prairie Boys' Choir — Sugar cookies, juice boxes and oranges for A Shoekeepers Christmas Concert
Odyssey House — Adopt-A-Family 2024
Grande Prairie Curling Centre — Bronze Sponsorship for championships
The Kidney Foundation — Christmas basket for Christmas Show at the Dunes
Ecole Heritage-Sports Committee — Gift card for 1A Zones Volleyball Girls Championships
Grovedale Minor Hockey — Liquor basket for fundraiser
Grande Prairie Family Education Society — Sugar cookies for family holiday event
Grande Prairie Storm — Gift card wreath
Grande Prairie Public Library — Sugar cookies for pajama ball
November
McKenzie Place — November residents birthday cake
Centre for Young Parents Grande Prairie — November 3% Thursday recipient
GP Catholic Family Services — November3% Thursday recipient
Salvation Army Grande Prairie — November 3% Thursday recipient
Grande Cache Food Bank — November 3% Thursday recipient
Fairview Food Bank — November 3% Thursday recipient
Beaverlodge Food Bank — November 3% Thursday recipient
Wembley United Church Food Bank — November 3% Thursday recipient
United Way — November coin box recipient
Spirit River Rangers — Movie Night Basket for fundraiser
Sexsmith Curling Club — Co-op Bags for Sexsmith Christmas Market
Grande Cache Swim Club — Gift card for 2024 Christmas Cache Raffle
Cinch Oilfield Hauling Ltd. — Liquor Basket for staff Christmas party
Peace Counrty Female Athletic Club — Gift Card for tournament
Mother Teresa School — Sugar cookies & decorating supplies for Christmas Family Fun Night
Derek Taylor Public School — Sugar cookies & decorating supplies for Christmas Carnival
Valleyview Cougars Football — Snacks for provincial game
Falher Red Apple — Co-op Gold Cookies for fundraiser
Dormition of the Most Holy Mother God Parish — Perogie dough for fundraiser
The Kinette Club of Spirit River — Christmas basket for Gala
U18 Stamps — Gift Card for Tournament
Daniel Robert Foundation — Snacks for memorial
Lions Club of Rycroft & District — Hams for fundraiser
Valhalla School Council — Christmas basket for fundraiser
Spirit River Regional Academy — Grad banner Sponsorship
Hillside Jr/Sr High School Travel Club — Gift Card Fundraising
Hillside Community School — Sugar cookies & decorating supplies for event
Grande Prairie Multicultural Association — Sponsorship for Black History Month
Clairmont Community School — Sugar cookies & decorating supplies for event
Lynx Volleyball Club — Gift card for tournament
Ecole Routhier School — Chocolate milk for Christmas activities
Beaverlodge Family & Community Support Services — Gift card for Seniors Fair
December
IV Macklin School Board — Sugar cookies & buns for Christmas Dinner
Recovery College & Wellness Centre — Gift card for Winter Wellness Open House
Grande Prairie TOPS Chapter — Gift cards for Seniors Outreach