ESTEVAN - Choose Life Ministry, which operates a program in southeast Saskatchewan for women with life-controlling issues, will be hosting a Coldest Night of the Year fundraising walk.
The event will happen on Feb. 25, starting with registration at 4 p.m. at the Estevan Gospel Chapel. The walk will start an hour later. Participants will walk a distance of two or five kilometres.
Choose Life founder Shelley Boyes said they typically attract people from Estevan and surrounding communities, including Carlyle, Carnduff and Lake Alma, among others.
Boyes said they could still use a few more walkers and volunteers.
The fundraiser is Choose Life’s largest of the year.
“When we weren’t allowed to gather together, we stopped having our banquets and this has become our major fundraiser,” said Boyes.
In 2022, the walk raised about $13,000 for Choose Life’s Homestead for Hope.
“The money is used for programing, so it would go to the instruction for the girls while they’re in our program,” said Boyes.
Choose Life has a couple of women currently residing at the Homestead for Hope and finishing up their program. They are scheduled to graduate in early March. Up to six women can be accommodated at the Homestead for Hope at a time, but the largest number they have had is five.
Once the two women graduate, a new group of women will start in the program.
“We’re currently taking application for a new cycle,” said Boyes.
Organizations across the country host Coldest Night of the Year fundraisers to raise funds and awareness for those who are hungry, homeless or hurting.
