Prince Albert Grand Council Vice Chief Joseph Tsannie, left, and Saskatchewan Egg Producers Executive Director Cam Broten pose for a photo in front of the 281,000 eggs donated to the Prince Albert Grand Council. (Ian Gustafson/paNOW staff)

By Ian Gustafson

Egg-citing donation

PAGC receives 281,000 eggs from Saskatchewan Egg Producers

May 14, 2021 | 10:00 AM

The Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC) received a significant food contribution of 281,000 eggs from Saskatchewan Egg Producers (SEP) and Star Egg Co. Ltd. to distribute to their 12 member nations.

Thursday afternoon they made the announcement at Caribou Transport in Prince Albert, who will be moving the popular breakfast food to the PAGC communities.

The 23,400 dozen eggs will be dispersed to each nation and from there will be either given directly to families who want them or will be put at a central location for pick up. Each PAGC community may have a different way of handing out the food and those who live closer to P.A. may be asked to pick it up themselves.

PAGC Vice Chief Joseph Tsannie said they’re very thankful for the donation.

“Especially in the far north, the cost of food transportation, delivery of nutritious food is very costly in a lot of our northern communities,” Tsannie said.

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He went on to say their children are going to school hungry because of the high costs of quality food.

“If we want a good quality education, want our children to learn quality, we have to feed them properly,” Tsannie explained. “Food is really scarce right now… we’re so thankful that we’re getting this donation. It’s going to feed a lot of families, a lot of children especially so they don’t have to go to school hungry.”

He added they’re appreciative, especially during the times of the COVID-19 pandemic because the residents of their communities are not able to travel south to buy bulk foods such as eggs.

“We welcome any donations to help alleviate some of the stresses within our families and this kind of donation does really help and it’ll go a long way,” he explained.

SEP executive director Cam Broten said they wanted to help because local farmers love giving back. It’s an important value they have, he said.

“We know that having good quality nutritious food is important to all people throughout Saskatchewan.”

They’ve made similar donations throughout Saskatchewan during the pandemic, including to food banks and the Metis Nation.

“Eggs are a versatile protein. They’re good in all types of foods,” Broten added. “You can hard boil them and send them with a kid on their way to school or you can do other food as well. So to us [it’s] a donation that made sense and we’re happy to provide this to PAGC.”

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