PRINCE ALBERT — SaskEnergy and the YWCA Prince Albert are teaming up as part of SaskEnergy’s Share the Warmth Days.
This event, which includes handing out essential items, serving hot beverages and an ID clinic to offer assistance with obtaining Canadian birth certificates and Saskatchewan ID, is the fifth of six across the province to recognize the 30th anniversary of SaskEnergy’s Share the Warmth program.
“We are proud to be collaborating with the YWCA in Prince Albert. Their work and their commitment to providing shelter and supportive services and programs really demonstrates the purpose of the Share the Warmth program,” says Allix Schweitzer, SaskEnergy’s supervisor of Community Engagement.
“Through the program, SaskEnergy wants to support community organizations like the YWCA do what they do best, which is provide support to those who need it the most.”
The YWCA was one of 106 organizations whose project received grant support this year, and one of nine in Prince Albert.
“We are grateful to SaskEnergy for their generosity through the Share the Warmth program. This funding will help us purchase supplies like warm clothing, food and water that people in our community need day-to-day,” said PJ MacRae, manager, YWCA Community Connection Centre in Prince Albert.
“SaskEnergy’s support through this program means we are able to help more people and that’s really important."
Other Share the Warmth projects taking place throughout the province will provide a wide range of services to those in need including lessons on how to knit and cook nutritious meals, providing transportation services, and supplying winter boots and essential winter gear for children.
In recognition of the program’s 30th anniversary, SaskEnergy allocated $100,000 in grants to charitable organizations this year, doubling last year’s total. Since 2012, SaskEnergy has provided over half a million dollars and has supported more than 500 community organizations throughout the province through Share the Warmth grants.
