News - Donations

Red River Mutual announced recently that it will be donating $1,000 to the Altona and Rhineland Pool Pass Program.

This past week, Steinbach and Area Lion’s Club members attended the Steinbach RCMP Detachment to present Headway Coordinator, Brenda Brown, with a cheque for $2,500 for the Headway Program.

Ted Falk, Member of Parliament for Provencher, announced details of his Private Members Bill – The Fairness in Charitable Gifts Act.

Steinbach MLA has given a statement in regards to local charitable giving after Manitoba was recognized as the most charitable province in Canada.

Once again Manitoba is the national leader in charitable donations. According to Statistics Canada, 25.3 per cent of tax filers in the province declared a charitable donation on their 2013 income tax return.

Ste. Anne Police Auxiliary received a generous donation of $2,000 last week from the Ste. Anne Minor Hockey Association.

Manitoba’s online organ and tissue donor registry, SignUpForLife.ca, celebrated its second anniversary and Health Minister Erin Selby encourages Manitobans to consider joining the 9,751 people who’ve committed to donate.

Jackhead First Nation received a generous donation of baseball equipment from local RCMP this past week, helping to build a strong relationship with the community.

On January 28, 2012, the Island Lake RCMP Detachment distributed donated clothing to the community of Garden Hill Manitoba.

God’s Lake Narrows RCMP members collected and delivered an assortment of hockey equipment donated from other inter-agency partners for dissemination to the children in the Community of God’s Lake Narrows.