The Crossroads Credit Union has a special community fund used to donate to important causes in the Town of Canora, and recently, the fund was able to make donations to three major causes.
The Canora Children’s Centre was given a donation during its cookie sale and garage sale on July 18. The cheque for $3,000 was presented to Carmen Born and Valerie Ritchie by Tracy Heshka, Leanne Woloshyn, and Emma Owen, who were Crossroads Credit Union employees who also assisted during the sale. Also there to present the cheque were Arlette Bogucky and Allan Wonsiak, members of the Crossroads Credit Union board of directors.
Born said the donation will be used in the continued running of the daycare.
A second donation was made July 19 to The Health Foundation. Ross Fisher, executive director, accepted the cheque for $2,500 from Linda Osachoff, Amanda Zuraloff, Woloshyn, Bryan Heshka, Michelle Goetzinger, Bogucky, Sharlene Popoff, Tracy Heshkya, Sharon Ripa, Gina Rakochy, Kendall Hudye, and Tina Love.
The donation will be going towards monitoring equipment so cardiac patients can receive proper diagnoses, a concern both Fisher and Osachoff said they find important.
“The Crossroads Credit Union has been supporting The Health Foundation over the years, and we’re very pleased to partner with them to ensure health for all members of the region,” Fisher said.
Osachoff agreed that local services should be expanded, and explained that the community fund donated to the service because Crossroads Credit Union members think it will make the community a better place to live.
The final donation was made possible via a joint effort between the Crossroads Credit Union and the Gateway Co-operative. An ice cream stand was run by members from both organizations on July 19, and ice cream was available through a silver donation.
The fundraiser’s efforts raised $100.67, which was donated to Filling the Gap Food Bank. The cheque was presented on July 22 to Pastor Mavis Watson of the Parkland Christian Centre, along with a $50 Co-op gift card.
“We are thrilled to see the initiative taken by the Co-op and Crossroads Credit Union to raise funds,” Watson said. “Recently, someone asked me how we were doing for funds and I said money comes in and goes out!
“The point is that we always need funds to help those in need.”
The purpose of the Crossroads Community Investment Fund is to assist eligible non-profitorganizations with building projects, equipment purchases, or programming costs. In 2016, 12 non-profit organizations were donated a total of $46,068.
The goal of the program is to provide communities with a strong foundation to build upon, according to a statement from the Crossroads Credit Union.