Giving Back 2026

We'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 2026.

January

Grande Prairie Friendship Centre — January 3% Thursday Recipient

GPYESS Sunrise House — January 3% Thursday Recipient

Veterans Association Food Bank Grande Prairie — 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

Mountview Curling Club — Windshield Washer Fluid & Motor Oil for Plowboys & Cowboys Farmers Bonspiel

Hythe Minor Hockey — Gift Card for Hythe Minor Hockey U7 Tournament

Wembley Elementary School — Gift Cards for School Snack Program

Hillside Elementary School — Gift Cards for School Snack Program

Grande Prairie Minor Hockey U13AA GPAC Storm — Gift Basket for U13 AA Classic Tournament

Sexsmith Curling Club — Gift Basket for Sexsmith Farmers Curling Bonspiel

Beaverlodge Blades Minor Hockey U11 — Gift Card for Beaverlodge Blades Minor Hockey U11 Tournament

Beaverlodge Blades Minor Hockey U9 — Gift Card for Beaverlodge Minor Hockey U9 Tournament

Oscar Adolphson Primary School — Gift Cards for School Snack Program

Hythe Regional School — Gift Cards for Grade one Doughnut Sale

Northwestern Alberta Foundation — Gift Card for Chamber of Commerce Ribbon cutting

Beaverlodge Area Cultural society — Gift Card for Pink Tea Room

Sexmsith Playschool Society — Gift Cards for School Snack Program 

Mckenzie Place — Gift Card for Monthly Birthday Cakes

Beaverlodge Daycare — Gift Cards for Snack Program

Woking Multiplex Association — Movie Night Gift Basket for Woking Multiplex Annual Fundraiser

Grande Prairie Mayalee — Gift Card for Badminton Tournament

Sheldon Coates Elementary School — Gift Cards for School Snack Program

North Peace Youth Support Association — Sponsor for Turning Cardboard into Creativity

Grande Cache Otters Swim Club — Sponsor for Swim Canada Event

February

Centre for Young Parents — February 3% Thursday Recipient

GP Catholic Family Services — February 3% Thursday Recipient

Salvation Army Food Bank Grande Prairie — 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

BIPOC Cultural Association of Northern Alberta — Silent Auction Item for The Heart of Hope Gala

Wembley Snowmobile Club — Gift Card for Wembley Snowmobile Club Poker Rally

Valleyview Gymnastics Club — Cupcakes for Daddy Daughter Dance

Town of Valleyview — Hotdogs, Buns and Hot Chocolate for Family Day

Northern 5 Pin — Movie Night Basket for Online Auction/Donation for Team Travel

Grande Prairie Minor Hockey Association — Gift Cards for Pomeroy U& Mega Tournament

Peace Wapiti Academy — Movie Night Gift Basket for PWA Student Grad Fashion Show & Auction

Peace Country Ringette — Gift Card for 2026 Friendship Tournament

Red Willow Lodge — Donuts for Elvis Evolution Concert

Pregnancy Care Centre Grande Prairie — Movie Night Basket for Pregnancy Care Centre Fundraising Gala

SPVC U16 Girls — Gift Card for SPVC U16

Sexsmith Seniors — Case of ripe Bananas for Sexsmith Seniors

Grande Prairie Lacrosse Association — Gift Card for Snack Program

Velocity Volleyball Club U17 — Gift Card for U17 Velocity Volleyball Pub Night

Valhalla School Council — Gift Cards for School Snack Program

Filipino Cultural Alliance Society of Grande Prairie — Movie Night Basket for Showcase of our National Attire

Northern Extreme Freestyle — Candy Bags for Ski/Snowboard Competition

Grande Prairie Fastball Association — BBQ Gift Basket for Awards Banquet

DCPG Dance Society — Gift Card for DCPG Dance Societies Annual Pub Night 

Beaverlodge Elementary School — Gift Cards for School Snack Program

Smoky River FCSS — Gift Card for Smoky River FCSS Jamboree

Employabilities Grande Prairie — Full Slab Cake for Employabilities Grand Opening

I.V. Macklin Public School — Gift Cards for School Snack Program

Black History Month — Sponsor for Black History Month Gala

City of Grande Prairie — Sponsor for Family Day Event

Canadian Mental Health Association — Rest Stop Sponsor for Coldest Night of the Year 2026

March

Babies Best Start — March 3% Thursday Recipient

Odyssey House — March 3% Thursday Recipient

Wapiti House — March 3% Thursday Recipient

Mountain Metis Youth Connection — 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

Rising Above — Silent Auction Item for Hope Lives Banquet

Tiny Hands of Hope — Silent Auction Item for Illuminate the Night Gala

Grande Cache Municipal Library — Gift Cards for Little Free Pantry

Neils RV Service and Repairs — Gift Cards for Neils RV Contest Giveaway

Smoky River Minor Hockey — Gift Card for U7 Smoky River Minor Hockey Tournament

Club Etoile D'Age D'Or de Girouxville — Gift Card for Senior Fun Day

SPVC U16 Girls — Gift Basket for SPVC Girls

Peace Area Youth 5 Pin Council — Silent Auction Item for Youth 5 Pin Fundraising Night

Spirit River Rangers — Gift Card for Playoffs U11

Clairmont Community School — Donuts for CCS 11th Annual Student Convention

Grande Prairie Composite High School Prom/Safe Grad — Gift Card for 2026 Prom and Safe Grad

Beaverlodge Minor Hockey — 9 Dozen Hotdogs and Buns for Youth Jamboree

Grande Prairie Lions Club — Silent Auction Item for Annual Wing Night Fundraiser

Northreach Society — Silent Auction Item for Boot Scootin Back to the 90's

Iceberg Tournament — Kids Club Gift Basket for Iceberg Tournament

Club Des Pionniers — Gift Card for Club des Pionniers Seniors Funday

Grande Prairie Friendship Centre — Sponsorship for Spirit Seekers Youth Conference

St.Patrick School Fundraising Association — Gift Card for St.Patrick Saint Day Treat

ACFA Régionale de Rivière-la-Paix — Gift Card for Lever du Drapeau 2026

GPAC Four Points U16AA Storm — Gift Card for Snacks for Regional Playoff Tournament

Saskatoon Lake Ag Society — Gift Card for Food for Spring Fling BBQ

Girouxville Sports Club Smoky Lanes Bowling — Gift Card for Meat & Cheese Tray

Roy Bickell School — 3 Cases of Apples for The Great Big Crunch

April

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 and District Food Bank — April 3% Thursday Recipient

United Way Alberta Northwest — Auto Gift Basket for 80's Retro Night '26

Special Olympics Grande Prairie — Silent Auction Item for Special Olympics Grande Prairie Annual Pub Fundraiser Night

Royal Canadian Legion Hythe Branch #93 — Steaks for Spring Fundraiser

Grande Cache Memorial Icebreaker Hockey Tournament — Gift Card for Grande Cache Memorial Icebreaker Hockey Tournament

NWSPA — Gift Basket for Excellence Awards (raising money for food pantry)

Troyanda Society of Ukrainian Culture & Heritage — Sugar Cookies for Vitaemo Festival - Celebrating all Things Ukrainian

Webster Community Hall — Gift Card for Family Formal

Regional EMS Foundation — Gift Basket for Regional EMS Foundation Wine Fair

Harry Balfour Participarent — Gift Basket for HBS Art Walk & Silent Auction

Laglace & District Agricultural Society — Gift Basket for Laglace & District Agricultural Society

Swan City U15 Boys — Gift Basket for Swan City U15 Boys Spain Pub Night

JR B Honey Badgers Lacrosse — Gift Card for Team Travel Fueling the Players

The Kidney Foundation — Gift Card for Grande Prairie & Region Kidney Transplant Forum

Kakwa Sherman Trail Society — Silent Auction Item for Fundraiser Dine & Dance

Camp Tamarack — Sponsorship for Friends of Camp Tamarack

Grande Prairie Friendship Centre — Dinner Sponsorship for Grande Gathering Gala

Grande Prairie Sport Hosting Society — Bronze Sponsor for 2026 Canadian Wrestling Championships

Peace Region 4-H Council — Bronze Sponsorship for Peace Regional 4-H Rally

May

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

Grande Prairie Catholic Family Services — May 3% Thursday Recipient

Salvation Army Grande Prairie — May 3% Thursday Recipient

Grande Cache Food Bank — May 3% Thursday Recipient

Fairview Food Bank — May 3% Thursday Recipient

Beaverlodge Food Bank — May 3% Thursday Recipient

Wembley United Church Food Bank — May 3% Thursday Recipient

Peace Wapiti Academy Grad Committee — Gift Card for Peace Wapiti Academy Safe Grad 2026

Hythe & District Recreational Society — Silent Auction Item for Ladies Night Out

Thread for Life — Gift Card for Threads for Life Walk

Peace Region Dance Society or PRDS — Gift Card for PRDS Spring Show 2026

Smoky River Regional Food Bank — Gift Card for Food Bank Raffle

St.Gerard School Council — Donuts for Teacher Appreciation Week

Ecole Catholique Louis Riel — Donuts for Teacher Appreciation Week

Jean Cote Cultural and Development Society — Gift Card for Mothers Day Brunch

Pregnancy Care Centre — Burgers, Hotdogs & Buns for Grand Opening

Spirit River Regional Academy — Graduation Banner Sponsor

Catholic Family Services — Wine Table Sponsor for Catholic Family Services Spring Fling

Tiny Hands of Hope — Mimosa Sponsorship for Mother's Day Bereavement Breakfast

Town of Valleyview — Sponsor for Main Street Flower Distribution Project

Alberta Northwest Palliative Care Society — Sponsorship for Drills and Grills — Cookoff for a Cause

Rycroft School — Food for Rycroft School BBQ

Alzheimer Society of Alberta & Northwest Territories — Sponsor for IG Wealth Management Walk for Alzheimer's Society

June

Odyssey House — June 3% Thursday Recipient

Babies Best Start — 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

Sexsmith Chatauqua Days Classic Car Show and Shine — Gift Cards for Sexsmith Chatauqua Days Classic Car Show and Shine

Valleyview & District 4-H — Gift Cards for Valleyview District 4-H Achievement Day

County of Grande Prairie - FCSS Dept - Wellington Resource Centre — 2 Full Slab Cakes for 2026 Intergenerational Seniors Luncheon - Clairmont

St.Patricks School — Gift Card for Year End BBQ

County of Grande Prairie — Donuts for Seniors Week 2026

Mountain Metis Community Association — Hamburgers & Buns for National Indigenous Day

SPVC U18 Volleyball U18 Green — Gift Card for Happy Trails Dog Show

John Paul II Catholic School — Gift Card for JPII Dry Grad Dinner & Dance

Routhier Facility Enhancement — Gift Basket for Summer Survival Kit/Raffle Fundraiser

Central Peace Soccer Association — Gift Card for Central Peace Soccer Association Year End BBQ

Ronald McDonald House — Hole Sponsor for the RMHC — Charity Golf Classic

Northwest Alberta Foundation — Sponsorship for 7 Over 70

Foundations for Life — Hole Sponsor for Golf Tournament

The Kidney Foundation of Canada - Northern Alberta & the Territories Branch —  Walk Sponsor for the Kidney Walk

COCO Agricultural Society — Sponsor for Wanham Plowing Match

Willmore Wilderness Preservation and Historical Foundation — Gift Cards for Master Succession Horseman Clinic

July

Grande Prairie Friendship Centre — July 3% Thursday Recipient

GPYESS – Sunrise House — July 3% Thursday Recipient

Veterans Association Food Bank Grande Prairie — 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

Grande Prairie Regional Agricultural & Exhibition Society (O/A Evergreen Park ) — Candy for Kids Candy Scramble at the Live Race Meet July & August

Fox Creek Oilmen's Golf Tournament — Hole Sponsor for Golf Tournament

Bandaged Paws Animal Rescue — Food for Bandaged Paws Animal Rescue BBQ

August

Centre for Young Parents Grande Prairie — August 3% Thursday Recipient

Grande Prairie 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

Rotary Club of Grande Prairie — Quarter Page Ad Sponsor for GP Regional Air Show

Hythe & District Agricultural Society — Gift Card for Hythe & Agricultural Fair

Northreach Society — Granola Bars for Tools for School

Northern Redneck Riders — Sponsor for Northern Redneck Riders Sponsor

September

Odyssey House — September 3% Thursday Recipient

Babies Best Start — September 3% Thursday Recipient

Wapiti House — September 3% Thursday Recipient

Mountain Metis Youth Connections — September 3% Thursday Recipient

Spirit River FCSS — September 3% Thursday Recipient

Smoky River FCSS — September 3% Thursday Recipient

Central Peace Food Bank Society — September 3% Thursday Recipient

Odyssey House — Kidzone Sponsorship for Grandecon

Ronald McDonald House — Dinner Sponsorship for Shoot for the House

October

Grande Prairie Friendship Centre — October 3% Thursday Recipient

GPYESS – Sunrise House — October 3% Thursday Recipient

Veterans Association Food Bank Grande Prairie — 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 and District Food Bank — October 3% Thursday Recipient

Victoria Attic Support the Girls — Gift Cards for Victoria's Attic Support the Girls Fashion Show

November

Centre for Young Parents Grande Prairie — November 3% Thursday Recipient

Grande Prairie Catholic Family Services — November 3% 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

Foundations For Life — Meal Sponsor for Fall Banquet

December 

Odyssey House — December 3% Thursday Recipient

Babies Best Start — December 3% Thursday Recipient

Wapiti House — December 3% Thursday Recipient

Mountain Metis Youth Connections — December 3% Thursday Recipient

Spirit River FCSS — December 3% Thursday Recipient

Smoky River FCSS — December 3% Thursday Recipient

Central Peace Food Bank Society — December 3% Thursday Recipient