FEATURE
SHCA members
step up to feed
Saskatchewan
TBy Martin Charlton Communications
hrough their work, the road builders of Saskatchewan
have helped deliver people to work, school, medical appointments
and sporting events.
Now, that same group is helping to feed the people of the province.
The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent closures of businesses have
caused financial strain on thousands of people. As a result, food banks
across Saskatchewan have experienced an unprecedented number of visitors,
many of them first-time users.
In early June, several Saskatchewan Heavy Construction Association
members donated to the Food Banks of Saskatchewan Feeding
Saskatchewan Together Campaign. Nutrien, the Saskatchewan
Construction Association, Saskatchewan Industrial and Mining
Suppliers Association and Merit Contractors also donated.
Kelly Panteluk Construction took the lead with a $100,000 donation.
Other members quickly followed with monetary donations of their own.
Genco Asphalt ($1,000), SaskCon Repair Services ($1,000), Ritchie
Bros. Auctioneers ($5,000), DJ Miller & Sons Construction ($5,000),
Shaw Earth Moving ($5,000), Nemanishen Construction ($1,000), C.
Duncan Construction ($1,000) and Carmacks Enterprises ($7,500) also
donated.
As of mid-June, more than $300,000 had been raised.
“Food is one of the fundamental things that any person or any
family needs access to,” explained Mary Panteluk of Kelly Panteluk
Construction. “When we had that discussion as a family about getting involved,
it wasn’t necessarily a decision of whether we could contribute,
but rather what we could contribute and how we could make a broader
movement with the associations.”
After the internal family decision to donate, Panteluk approached
the partnering associations to have them spread the word to their respective
members.
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