The South East Saskatchewan Search and Rescue (SESK SAR) chapter keeps steadily building up its resources, thanks to generous local organizations and businesses.
The latest addition to SESK SAR's equipment came from a local trailer dealership, which supplied the organization with a smaller trailer that will be utilized by the training committee.
Prairie Dawg Sales and Rentals owner Robin Holma said that when Krista Larson, SESK SAR training committee co-chair, reached out to him, he didn't think twice about the donation.
"I did it to support local and it's a legitimate cause, so it was easy," Holma said.
The small company provided other donations to different local organizations before, but nothing as big as a trailer.
Larson said she was scrolling through Facebook when she saw the company's ad. She decided she would take a shot and reach out to them to see if they would be interested in helping SESK SAR. And it worked out well.
"It's going to be a really good thing for us because pretty much any SUV can hook up to this," Larson said.
Once the paperwork is done, SESK SAR will pick up the donated trailer and put the Prairie Dawg Sales and Rentals logo on it to thank the business for the donation.
"SESK SAR is really grateful to Robin Holma, the owner of Prairie Dawg Rentals, for a very, very generous donation of this trailer that our chapter will utilize with our training committee. It will contribute to the services we provide to all of the southeast communities that we serve," said SESK SAR president Katia Bigney.
The smaller trailer will be used for training purposes as well as for agility equipment for dogs training, once the search and rescue canine unit is off the ground this spring.
