聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 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.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The Canora Children鈥檚 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.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Born said the donation will be used in the continued running of the daycare.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 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.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 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.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淭he Crossroads Credit Union has been supporting The Health Foundation over the years, and we鈥檙e very pleased to partner with them to ensure health for all members of the region,鈥� Fisher said.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 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.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 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.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The fundraiser鈥檚 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.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淲e are thrilled to see the initiative taken by the Co-op and Crossroads Credit Union to raise funds,鈥� Watson said. 鈥淩ecently, someone asked me how we were doing for funds and I said money comes in and goes out!
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淭he point is that we always need funds to help those in need.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 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. 聽
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 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.
