Imagine buying a gift for someone, or for yourself that does good in your community every year, forever.
That is exactly how a gift donation to Yorkton & District Community Foundation works.
Since launching in October 2019, the Yorkton and District Community Foundation has accepted donations for the annual grants program to support the work of local charities. The donations are invested and continue to work for the community by generating grant dollars year after year.
Gifts of a donation of any size are possible,鈥� says Ray Bailey, president of the Yorkton & District Community Foundation. 鈥淎ll donations receive a thank you card which can be sent either to the donor or to the person being honoured by the donor.鈥�
The donor receives a charitable tax receipt from the community foundation for any donation of $25 or more.
The 鈥楩irst 100 Caring People鈥� is a special campaign to recognize the first 100 individuals, groups or business partners making a donation of $1,000 or more to the Yorkton & District Community Foundation. Members of the 鈥淔irst 100 Caring People鈥� are permanently recognized as founders for their role in establishing the first endowment fund.
鈥淭here is still time to give the gift of a donation this Christmas or be recognized as one of the first one hundred people, groups or businesses to leave a lasting legacy to the community,鈥� adds Bailey.
Gene and Gladys Krepakevich, Delores and Clarke Anderson, Raymond and Elsie Malinowski, Allan Bailey, George and Dolena Plews, Gerry Ann and Earl Fraser, Sharon and John Tropin, Larry and Sonia Pearen, Vic and Evelyn Surjik, Les and Jenice Arnelien, Rob McDill, Laurie Renton, Dick and Faye Deryk are all founding members contributing to the 鈥淔irst 100 Caring People鈥� campaign.
鈥淓veryone has their personal reason for giving鈥�, says Sharon Tropin. 鈥淢y husband, John, and I like the fact that our donation to the Community Foundation will generate grants to help people in our community, even beyond our own lifetime.鈥�
Tropin says that for others it may be that the Yorkton & District Community Foundation isan easy way to give to causes that matter to the donor; or that, donations given now andin the future can build towards having a fund named for themselves, their business or for someone who they want to honour.
Local business community members contributing to the 鈥淔irst 100 Caring People鈥漟ounders campaign include Bailey鈥檚 Funeral Home, Grain Millers Canada Corp., Legacy CO-OP, Michael Riecken of C.A. Reed Consulting Engineers, Sensus Chartered Professional Accountants Ltd., and Westland Insurance Group Ltd o/a Farrell Agencies.
Three community organizations have donated to the campaign including the Yorkton Chamber of Commerce and the Rotary Club.鈥�
The largest donation from a group to date comes from people in the community who had raised funds to support mental health,鈥� says Bailey. 鈥淭he Yorkton Mental聽 disbanded a few years ago and were looking for a way to support mental health in the community with the money that they had raised.鈥�
Donors wishes for the types of causes they support are documented at the time of the donation. This information will guide annual grants decisions. The first grants will be awarded in 2021.
The complete list of donors and more information about donating can be found on theYorkton and District Community Foundation website鈥嬧�媤ww.ydcf.ca
