Support for search and rescue

ESTEVAN — The South East Saskatchewan Search and Rescue (SESKSAR) group recently received a boost from a local business.

Conquest Equipment provided a monetary donation to SESKSAR to support its goals and mission. SESKSAR's new president Dan Hardern was there to accept the cheque.

"SESKSAR would like to send out a huge thank you to Trinda Jocelyn, Brendon Mason and the entire team at Conquest Equipment in Estevan for their very generous donation to our South East Saskatchewan Search and Rescue organization," Hardern said. "It is community-minded businesses such as Conquest that help to keep our organization alive and able to serve our communities."

SESKSAR is a member chapter of the Search and Rescue Saskatchewan Association of Volunteers (SARSAV). It is a volunteer organization that can be used as a resource for policing agencies in cases when someone goes missing.

SESKSAR covers the entire southeast corner of the province, from the Manitoba border to the Yellow Grass area, and from the U.S. border to the Carlyle area. It has a number of members who are professionally trained and equipped to respond to a call day or night at any time of the year to assist with search and rescue operations, and it is actively recruiting and training new members.

For more information about SESKSAR go to their Facebook page at Southeast Saskatchewan Search and Rescue.