Sask Royal Purple kicks off annual campaign

Lougheed said the campaign has grown since it started.The group has also worked to establish new campaign components; this year’s addition was a poster drawing contest which saw school kids make submissions promoting brain health.

Lougheed added along with financial support, the Royal Purple play an important role in providing volunteer services to help SBIA get its message out to certain communities.

“It’s very hard for an association like SBIA … to get into rural Saskatchewan, that’s the direction we have helped them, we go to the schools for them, we go to doctor’s offices,” she said.

The walls of the Waskesiu room at the P.A. Inn were covered with the posters submitted by students for the service club’s campaign. (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)

SBIA Executive Director Glenda James said its was great to visit P.A. to collect pledges and get some donations. She explained the service club’s volunteer work has played a big role in spreading her organization’s message.

“They have extended our reach all around the rural parts of the province and as well in the cities, because their present in the cities; we don’t have staff, we don’t have resources to do that,” she said.

Doug Barker, mayor of Kyle Saskatchewan, which is located in the southwest part of the province was on hand at the event Monday. Barker, who lost his son in an accident involving brain injury, said it was important for him to show his appreciation for the work being done by the Royal Purple and the SBIA.

“I want to show that rural Saskatchewan and small communities are supporting these things,” he said.

(Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)

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by Michael Joel-Hansen

Sask Royal Purple kicks off annual campaign

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