This cheque was presented to the Kikinahk Friendship Centre on Wednesday. (Submitted photo/Nikeyta Bradfield)

By Derek Cornet

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La Ronge, Prince Albert friendship centres benefit from Co-op orange button campaign

Oct 20, 2021 | 5:00 PM

Lake Country Co-op is donating more than $7,100 to La Ronge’s Kikinahk Friendship Centre and the Prince Albert Indian Métis Friendship Centre.

Back in September, Lake Country Co-op held an orange button fundraiser in honour of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. At each of its locations, customers had the opportunity to purchase a button for $2 with Co-op matching each donation.

“I think it was well received with everybody,” said assistant grocery manager Kirk Fedje based in La Ronge. “A lot of people came in and they wanted a whole bunch of buttons. I think the community got all behind it and we could have sold quite a bit more I think.”

Both friendship centres will receive a cheque for $3,553 with a presentation having already occurred in La Ronge on Wednesday.

Kikinahk executive director Ron Woytowich explained the funds in La Ronge will be used in an upcoming Christmas Hamper project. The project is an annual one for Kikinahk with nearly 300 hampers including a turkey distributed in 2020. He noted 250 turkeys have already been ordered for 2021.

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These orange buttons were available for a limited time in September. (Facebook/Lake Country Co-op)

“We need at least $12,000 or $13,000 and that’s a third of the money right there. That’s fantastic,” he said. “It was a really big surprise because we didn’t ask them. We never talked or anything and just out the blue I got this phone call if we were interested.”

A cheque presentation with the Prince Albert Indian Métis Friendship Centre and Lake Country Co-op is expected to occur later this week.

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