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Saskatoon Food Bank kicks off citywide food drive
The Saskatoon Food Bank & Learning Centre serves almost 8,000 clients each month, and during May the bank is holding a citywide food drive to help ensure nobody in the community goes hungry. The t...
May 01, 2024 The food bank is encouraging businesses and faith-based groups to organize food drives during May. (650 CKOM file photo)
BHP makes $500,000 donation to Saskatoon Food Bank
The Saskatoon Food Bank's expansion campaign got a big boost from BHP on Tuesday morning. The mining giant announced a $500,000 donation to the food bank's Plant Possibility Campaign, which will help ...
Mar 19, 2024 The Saskatoon Food Bank & Learning Centre serves as many as 23,000 people every month, and 40 per cent of those clients are children. (650 CKOM file photo)
Rock 102 and Saskatoon Food Bank partner up for 19th annual Stuff the Bus
Saskatoon's food bank and a local rock radio station have partnered up to tackle hunger in the community. Rock 102 has once again partnered with the Saskatoon Food Bank & Learning Centre on its St...
Mar 01, 2024 The annual campaign aims to completely fill a Saskatoon Transit bus with donated food. (650 CKOM file photo)
BHP donates $150,000 for medically inclusive child-care centre in Saskatoon
Saskatoon's new medically inclusive child-care centre will feature an on-site nursing station thanks to a six-figure donation from BHP. The mining and metals giant wrote a $150,000 cheque to Hope's Ho...
Jan 31, 2024 The new centre in Saskatoon will care for 144 children from six weeks to six years old. (Hope's Home/Submitted)
Sask. communities benefit from $1.5 million in charitable gaming grants
More than 850 groups around the province are benefiting from the latest round of Saskatchewan's charitable gaming grants. The grants go to groups and organizations that hold licensed charitable gaming...
Jan 31, 2024 The quarterly grants are made when organizations hold licensed, charitable gaming activities like bingos or poker nights. (City Centre Bingo/Facebook)
Demand high at Saskatchewan food banks ahead of Christmas
Food banks in Saskatchewan's two largest cities are seeing a lot more demand than normal as Christmas inches closer. "We're seeing it across the province and across Canada," John Bailey, CEO of the Re...
Dec 21, 2023 Saskatoon's food bank prepares for a busy holiday season. (Shane Clausing/650 CKOM)
Mistletoe Ball brings in $270K for St. Paul's Hospital Foundation
A Saskatoon hospital will be feeling a lot of joy this Christmas. The St. Paul's Hospital Foundation raised $270,000 for new technology at the hospital through its 34th annual Mistletoe Ball and the s...
Dec 15, 2023 More technology will be added to support the surgical robot at St. Paul's Hospital, thanks to a major Christmas fundraiser. (Will Mandzuk/650 CKOM)
Adopt-A-Family helps nearly 450 families during holidays
It's the time of giving, and in Saskatoon vehicles filled with donations are making their way to the Salvation Army. 650 CKOM's and Rock 102's 36th-annual Adopt-A-Family program is nearing its end, an...
Dec 13, 2023 Donations to Adopt-A-Family before they are wrapped up. (Will Mandzuk/650CKOM)
Cameco announces $1.8 million in funding for community organizations
Cameco is giving some community organizations an early Christmas present. On Tuesday, the company announced that it will be providing $1.8 million in funding, which will be divided between 24 differen...
Dec 12, 2023 YWCA CEO Cara Bahr along with Cameco's president and CEO Tim Gitzel and the Meewasin Valley Authority’s Amy Wall after Cameco announced $1.8 million in funding for local organizations. (Shane Clausing/650 CKOM)
650 CKOM and Rock 102's Adopt-A-Family raises $60,700 in 2023
An annual holiday tradition will provide a special Christmas for almost 450 families this year. 650 CKOM and Rock 102's Adopt-A-Family program brought in $60,700 in donations in 2023. The program - wh...
Dec 11, 2023 Donations to 650 CKOM and Rock 102's Adopt-A-Family will help provide a special Christmas for almost 450 families this year. (Submitted)
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