The organizations responsible for the Culture Pass promotion in the Estevan area have been pleased with the response.
The Estevan Art Gallery and Museum, Estevan Arts Council, Estevan Public Library, Souris Valley Museum, Souris Valley Theatre, Southeast Newcomer Services and Woodlawn Regional Park are the participating organizations. Each agency has offered at least one event through Culture Pass this summer.
When someone attends a designated event hosted by one of the organizations, they can get their culture pass stamped.
“We’ve had a lot of people go through and are excited about it,” said Rebecca Eddy, the adult program coordinator for the Estevan Public Library. “I know that there are a lot of families and individuals who are collecting their passes so they can work their way up to the prizes.”
People who get at least 10 stamps will be eligible for a $1,000 cash prize. She hopes there will be a lot of passports with at least 10 stamps.
Those who get four to nine stamps will have a chance at the bluetooth silver prize, and those who have one to three stamps can win a family photo shoot, which is the bronze prize.
The prizes will be drawn on Sept. 24 during the Estevan Showcase Business Expo.
Eddy said she doesn’t know how many passports have been picked up, because there are about seven different locations where the passports are available.
But the other partners are as happy as the library, she said.
“We’ve seen a very positive response from the community, and that’s great,” she said.
The library has seen a lot of people drop by, pick up a passport and ask questions. They have also received a number of questions regarding the different events the library has hosted in conjunction with Culture Pass, such as the upcoming Go Science Canada, which will be on Aug. 25.
A lot of people have been dropping off their Culture Passes at the library as well, she said, and she knows the passports have been dropped off at other sites as well.
Eddy noted the Culture Pass was created as a Canada 150 celebration in an effort to show the different cultural agencies in the community.
