Are you seeking a home for some feathered friends upon their return this spring?
Well birdhouses are now available through the local Brayden Ottenbreit Close Cuts for a Cure initiative.
The birdhouses, which come in two sizes, an $8 one suitable for wrens, and a $10 version for a slightly larger bird, were built by Elgin Strocen as a fundraiser for Close Cuts, explained Leone Ottenbreit.
鈥淚t was a way to give back after his daughter went through cancer treatments,鈥� she said, adding Strocen has been building birdhouses for years as a winter pastime.
In 2019, Strocen donated birdhouses as a fundraiser, the money going to the local Health Foundation, said Ottenbreit.
More recently, Strocen鈥檚 daughter went through a stem cell transplant in Saskatoon, as has Scott Fitzsimmons from Yorkton, said Ottenbreit who suggested this year they will look to provide a donation to the Saskatoon hospital to purchase things to make patients comfortable during treatment.
The birdhouses, while assembled, are not painted. Ottenbreit said they had hoped to hold a community painting event to bring people together this spring, but that is not possible, so they will be sold again this year unpainted.
People can order birdhouses up until Friday, April 24, after which they 鈥渨ill be safely delivered to people鈥� in the city, said Ottenbreit, with alternate arrangements for pick-up for out-of-city purchasers possible.
Orders can be made by email to [email protected] by including the size of birdhouses wanted, and the quantity. An etransfer for the purchase price to the same email adress will ensure the sale.
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