A fundraising effort in support of cancer research got some help Saturday from members of the Yorkton Maulers.
Each year, in centres across the province people gather the tabs from drink cans and donate then through a program entitled ‘Silver for Gold’.
The program generally has the tabs sold to JK Metals at Broadview with the money going to cancer-related projects.
This year the price of aluminum is low, so organizers are having the tabs counted, the work of the Maulers Saturday, in hopes of finding sponsors to help raise money based on the amount of tabs collected.
In the local area much of the support has been generated in recent years by interest to help Sophia Hvidston of Canora, who was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, Â that now is in remission.
The tabs being counted in Yorkton came from people collecting on behalf of the intiative locally, and at Canora, Kamsack. Oxbow and Carnduff.
The event was held at D R Auto Extras in the city.
