ENDEAVOUR - A benefit dinner and comedian show with Joel Jeffrey and Lachlan McWilliams as entertainers was organized for Tracy Strijak to help raise money to ease the financial stress that the local woman is going though with all the trips and stays in Saskatoon.
She continues to wait for that “call” from the Kidney Transplant Clinic.
The benefit was held March 18 at the Endeavour School Complex.
“Tracy is in desperate need of a kidney, O+ is her blood type. So, please if anyone would like to share a kidney please contact myself or go directly to the Kidney Transplant Clinic in Saskatoon at St. Paul’s Hospital, said stated organizer Debbie Yaremko, who is Tracy’s aunt. “Just a reminder: sign your donor cards. You could save a life.”
Yaremko acknowledged the support she received from the community.
“When I started calling to set up this event I had no clue how it would go over or how many to prepare for, I live six hours away and needed helping hands from back home to help do the running around to pick stuff up and contact businesses for auction items.”
Yaremko said family, local businesses and other individuals within the community helped out. More details on who helped out and what they did can be found in the ad beside this article.
“To all the people that helped setting up the day of, and the day after, too many to mention but you know who you are, I really appreciate everyone’s support and help,” stated Yaremko.
“I couldn’t have done it without all of you.”
Yaremko said she was pleased with the results.
“The event was a huge success with 168 guests that attended and between the 50/50 sales, dinner tickets, auction items, donation boxes, cash donations and E-transfers to support this event, we raised $15,000. The 50/50 was won by Melissa Purdy and she donated half back to Tracy,” she said. “I am personally so proud to come from a community that is so supportive and caring. On behalf of Tracy, Trenton, Haley, Izzy and our families we are so grateful. Without each and every one of you this event would not have been successful. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts,” concluded Yaremko.
