Kamsack’s TD Trust banch had a prominent place at the Canora Junior Elementary School on June 27 when a ribbon was cut to announce the opening of a soup garden sponsored by businesses in the community.
The garden is to be used to grow the ingredients needed to make beet borsht, which will then be served at school suppers for students and their families.
The School Community Council (SCC) applied for a grant, along with the school, to TD Friends of the Environment, a charity created by TD Canada Trust. The charity accepted the proposal, and during the ribbon-cutting ceremony, Ellen Zawislak, a Kamsack TD associate, provided a cheque for $3,900 for the school to use in maintaining the garden.
Zawislak said the charity supports environmental projects in communities such as Kamsack and Canora, and in 2015, the program donated $4.5 million to 1,000 different projects across Canada. TD covers the administrative costs, so all donations went straight to TD Friends of the Environment.
Zawislak also said that funds provided by the community stay in the community, which means that the money given to Canora Junior Elementary School all came from donors in Canora.
Rod Steciuk, the school principal, thanked TD Friends of the Environment, along with Sunrise Health Region, Good Spirit School Division, Nutrients for Life Foundation, McMunn & Yates, McTavish Concrete, Wyonzek Bros. Construction, Ludba Construction, Leson’s Funeral Home, K5 River Ranch, and Yorkton Concrete Products for sponsoring the school’s garden.
