By Red River Mutual

Red River Mutual’s Spruce Up Your Story Funds Community Space Restoration Projects

Mar 2, 2022 | 8:58 AM

Red River Mutual’s community sponsorship initiative, Spruce Up Your Story, is back for the third year in a row with $150,000 in total to help restore well-worn, but well-loved spaces that are at the heart of communities across Manitoba and Saskatchewan.

“Spruce Up Your Story is another chance for Red River Mutual to honour and protect the places
where stories are already being made,” says President and CEO of Red River Mutual, Brian
Esau. “Our goal is to be the insurance provider Canadians love talking with. To do this,
Canadians have to feel like we’re on the same page with them – that we’re like a neighbour
looking out for them.”

This year, Red River Mutual will help to restore select community spaces where people connect,
laugh, learn, and share, providing up to $25,000 in cash to each space, with $150,000 in total to
award to deserving communities across the Prairies.

On top of the monetary gift, the winners will also have access to additional volunteer hours from
a crew of staff members from Red River Mutual and their local brokerage to help complete the
project, if and when it is safe to do so.

Spruce Up Your Story aims to breathe new life into the spaces that are at the heart of our
Prairie communities. The submitted renovation or beautification projects will be evaluated based
on community use and significance, commitment to sustainability, aspects of volunteerism, and
connections to a local Red River Mutual affiliated insurance brokerage.

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Last year, Red River Mutual awarded over $150,000 to support 10 spaces in communities
across Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Previous winners include the Fort Qu’Appelle Library in
Fort Qu’Appelle, Saskatchewan, where an empty parking lot was refreshed into an outdoor
reading space with garden boxes and a gazebo; and the Manitou Community Arena in Manitou,
Manitoba, that was able to spruce up their old rubber floor matting for top-of-the-line and much
safer materials. For a full list of previous winners and updates on their projects, visit
redrivermutual.com/spruce-up-your-story/winners/.

Members of the public can submit a project for consideration until May 31, 2022, and learn more
about the initiative by visiting SpruceUpYourStory.com.

About Spruce Up Your Story
The Spruce Up Your Story initiative was started in 2020. It’s purpose isn’t to bring a brand-new
rec centre or library to life, rather, it honours and protects the spaces that are well-worn and
well-loved in our Prairie communities – the places where stories are already being made. Each
Spruce Up Your Story renovation or beautification project is submitted by a local community
member. Red River Mutual works with its network of broker partners to promote the opportunity,
and Red River Mutual staff help determine the winners

About Red River Mutual
Red River Mutual believes everyone has a right to feel safe and protected and to know that
someone is looking out for them – while we’re watching out for others. With policyholders with
homes, farms and businesses all the way from Thunder Bay to the Rockies, Red River Mutual is
committed to providing competitive insurance products that meet the changing needs of
Canadians. As a company, we know that it’s the people we protect that matter most. That’s why
we’ve strived to be a positive force in the lives of our customers and their communities since
1875